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We Move: The debut collection by former Mancunion Books Editor Gurnaik Johal
We spoke to Gurnaik Johal about his new short story collection We Move and his experience as a student at The University of Manchester
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Review: People Person by Candice Carty-Williams
Does People Person live up to Candice Carty-Williams' debut bestseller Queenie?
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Judging a book by its cover: Penguin clothbound classics
Are Penguin clothbound classics perpetuating a boring white canon?
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How to Kill Your Family, kill subtlety, and kill nuance
Bella Mackie's debut fiction novel How to Kill Your Family is let down by its lack of subtlety and its caricatured characters
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A little review of a large book: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Does Hanya Yanagihara's To Paradise live up to the success of her much loved previous novel A Little Life?
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This is [not] Going to Hurt book sales
Is Adam Kay milking the success of his bestselling memoir This is Going to Hurt?
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Snapshots of the Apocalypse: swap deadlines for dystopias
Snapshots of the Apocalypse, the new short story collection by Katy Wimhurst, makes the perfect reading for study breaks
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Valentine’s: five books for a break-up
If you're feeling heartbroken this Valentine's Day, here are the best books to read following a break-up
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Spotlight: Village Books
We chat to Joe from Village Books, the new shop selling books, magazines, and publications in the Northern Quarter
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Never Giving Up: Bernardine Evaristo is made president of the Royal Society of Literature
Bernadine Evaristo is announced to be the next president of the Royal Society of Literature. The Mancunion reviews her Manifesto
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As overrated as Shakespeare himself? Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Does Hamnet, the prize-winning novel by Maggie O'Farrell, deserve all the praise?
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Book swaps: If you like this, try that
We've come up with some books swaps to help you find a book you're going to love based on your old favourites