The waiting is over. After seven months, hundreds of votes and hours of passionate debate in reading groups across the city, the third Manchester Book Award has been won by Sophie McKenzie's Girl, Missing. Read more about the winner...
A day in the life of Ally Kennen
In this exclusive for the Manchester Book Award web site, Ally Kennen tells us how she gets inspiration for her writing from everywhere.
It's not just about getting a book out for a school project. It's about books you can really get your teeth into. Stuff that takes you to amazing places. Behind the library doors, there's a world of glamour, of danger, of weird...
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