Featured image and gallery: Leo Woollison Crook Angela Cheveau and Kate Carne were crowned winners of the 2024 QuietManDave Prize at Manchester Metropolitan University on Friday. The short-form writing prize is held biennially to honour the memory of the much-loved and well-known Manchester writer and critic Dave Murray, who passed away in 2019. The writers…
In each print issue, aAh! Magazine explores one word which runs as its theme. We are excited to announce that the theme for our upcoming print issue is COMMUNITY. aAh! Magazine invites all Manchester Met students interested in journalism, writing, design, illustration and photography to pitch ideas to be considered for print publication for the…
Featured image: Megan Levick November marked the 10th anniversary of Rupi Kaur’s seminal debut collection and the international phenomenon Milk and Honey, accredited as one of the highest-selling poetry books of the 21st century. Originally self-published by Kaur as a 21-year-old student, and then by Andrew McMeel, Milk and Honey quickly gained popularity on Instagram and…
By Immy Burgess and Cheri Dermott As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Festival at Manchester Met, poet and PhD Caroline Stancer shares her advice for young activists and poets, thoughts on how art can be a response to societal issues and be a form of activism and what the campaign…
By Megan Levick and Lily Barry. Featured image: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels “The decline in children reading for pleasure is deeply concerning, as it touches not only on literacy but also on creativity, empathy, and critical thinking.” Publishers and academics are urging the government to ensure every school has a dedicated reading space for children,…
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