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Swerve

Dub Sex & Other Stories. Mark Hoyle's memoir is a portrait of the artist as a young man, Manchester style, where music isn’t just a soundtrack but a lifeline.

What's She Like: A Memoir

Helen O'Hara

The violinist's tale. Helen O'Hara decided she was going to be a violinist at the age of 9. She was good to her word. Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2023.

The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall

Steve Hanley, Olivia Piekarski

Steve Hanley's memoir give unprecedented insight into the intense, highly-charged creative atmosphere within The Fall and their relentless work ethic.

Thro My Eyes: A Memoir

Iain Matthews, Ian Clayton

A memoir by Iain Matthews, one of the music industry’s great survivors. He has been making pitch-perfect records for over fifty years.

You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide

Simon Wolstencroft

Of all the iconic musicians and scenes that emanate from Manchester, Simon Wolstencroft is the one who joins up the dots. He learnt his chops playing with Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke, but turned down The Smiths because he didn’t like the cut of Morrissey’s jib. He parted ways with his schoolmates Ian Brown and John Squire before The Patrol became The Stone R..

Bringing It All Back Home

Ian Clayton

Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize When you hear a certain song, where does it take you? What is the secret that connects music to our lives? Heart warming, moving and laugh out loud funny, Bringing It All Back Home is the truest book you will ever read about music and the things that really matter. Author Ian Clayton listens to music as a kid to e..

Carpet Burns: Life With Inspiral Carpets

Tom Hingley

Carpet Burns is Tom Hingley’s account of his life as lead singer of Inspiral Carpets, one of the big three bands of the Manchester movement who, along with The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, changed music for a generation. Tom’s own words provide an account of what it felt like to be in the eye of a pop hurricane and what happens when the hits end and the ar..

Away From the Light of Day

Idrissa Keïta, Ann Wright, Amadou and Mariam

Amadou and Mariam with Idrissa. Translated by Anne WrightAmadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia met at an institute for young blind people in Bamako, Mali, and fell in love both musically and romantically. Following several years of performing and releasing cassettes in the their native West Africa, they went on to become stars of the international stage with a ..

It’s The Beer Talking

Ian Clayton

Winner of The British Guild of Beer Writers Award for Best Writer about Pubs Where do we go to meet old friends? What is our first port of call when we want to show new mates something that speaks about our identity? The pub of course, or better still our local. Author Ian Clayton embarked on a lifelong love affair with local pubs in the middle of the ..

Song For My Father

Ian Clayton

What happens when you only know your dad when you’re a young boy and then, one day, when you are middle-aged, he phones to say he’d like to see you again before he dies? In the space of one year, Ian Clayton makes a voyage around China, America and his father to ponder the familiar questions: Is blood thicker than water? Does it matter who teaches us so l..

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