Category: Books

Book Review: Manchester Uncanny by Nicholas Royle

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 9, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

For the sake of argument, let’s agree that the short stories in an anthology are like the...

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Review: Fifty Forgotten Books by R. B. Russell

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 9, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

Both a non-fiction essay about fiction and a bibliography fleshing out a life, Fifty Forgotten...

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Manchester Literature Festival 2022: David Olusoga in conversation

Posted by Bethany Smith | Nov 9, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books, Talks & Debates |

How much does our history shape our present? Once you know something dark and shameful, will it...

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Book Review: A Wreath for Udomo by Peter Abrahams

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 1, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

Sometimes a novel is so much of its time, speaks so directly to that particular now, that when its...

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Literature: Dead Ink Books in Liverpool is a dead good find

Posted by Megan Bond | Oct 27, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

Readers with inquiring minds who seek something other than chain bookstores will want to check out...

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