Ka-pow! Manchester Comic Con sidekick ‘Mancstercon’ helps city take on London in geek capital battle
Manchester comic scene aims to take on London as new convention celebrates ‘sequential art’ focusing on comics, animation and manga.
Manchester Children’s Book Festival vows to make background no barrier to getting kids reading
Young book lovers from across the city, regardless of their backgrounds, are being encouraged to experience events, talks and exhibitions as part of Manchester Children’s Book Festival.
Do we mollycoddle children with fairy tales – or should Cinderella’s sisters always have their eyes pecked out?
Are today’s children over-indulged in the false but comforting representation of reality provided within fairy tales?
How many can you spot? Manchester Libraries launch book character video puzzle to promote power of reading
Video to celebrate National Libraries Day
‘Books not bars’: Independent Chorlton bookshop celebrates as planning permission for watering hole rejected
More than 100 people protested outside the site
A Jedi, surfer, nanny, snowboarder and pirates? Manchester author’s dreams hit page in whirlwind fantasy novel
Manchester’s Andy Gee’s talks Gid and the Arborinium
High Court internet piracy censorship is bad news for Manchester economy, claims Pirate Party leader
Loz Kaye slams High Court ruling