Books
Manc Noir: Author David Nolan explains how anger inspired his latest book
Back in 2018, David Nolan took an unscheduled detour from his successful career as a journalist and music biographer to write his first novel, Black Moss. A dark crime tale set around Manchester and Oldham in 1990 during the Strangeways riots, it channelled many of Nolan’s fears and preoccupations into a new sub-genre he himself dubbed ‘Manc Noir’.
Book Review: Waiting For The Gift, Edited by Richard V. Hirst
For the bookish, the similarities are self-evident. If the short story is the literary equivalent of a pop song, crafted for brevity and immediacy, then the themed anthology is like an LP record, affording the space for both the instantly captivating and more experimental work.
Less Ginsberg, more Battenberg: Henry Normal writes for Northern Soul
I was checking my latest book was available online to pre-order recently when something caught my eye. Each book on Amazon has a ranking in terms of its sales.
Lessons on debutism and the ‘difficult’ second novel
“It took 17 years from typing the first word of the first manuscript to finally being published.”
Book Review: Fauna by David Hartley
It’s easy to recall the precise moment when I became a vegetarian.
Book Club: Northern Soul’s Right Good Reads
At Northern Soul, we can often be found with our nose buried in a book. As a team, we are notorious bookworms and are passionate about championing all things literary.
“Libraries are hanging on by their fingernails.” Author Patrick Gale talks to Northern Soul
The novelist Patrick Gale knows how to write an opening line.
Book Review: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”
A Woman’s Work: photographer Anne Worthington writes for Northern Soul
If you visit The Refuge in Manchester, you’ll find a rarity of an exhibition: images by renowned photographer Tish Murtha, as well as a selection of my work from East Manchester.
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