Author Q&A: Dizz Tate
Bordered by a swampy lake, abandoned construction sites and amusement parks, stark inequality and unsettling extremes frame the lives of a gang of 13-year-old girls in Florida. They obsessively orbit...
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Kevin Jared Hosein
In Hungry Ghosts, the latest book from Caribbean writer and poet Kevin Jared Hosein, the lives and histories of two families, the Changoors and the Saroops, become intertwined with terrible...
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Sophie Mackintosh
Plain, unremarkable and deeply unsatisfied with her life and marriage to the local baker, Elodie is captivated by a sophisticated new couple in her small town – the ambassador and his enchanting wife,...
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Nicole Flattery
Seventeen-year-old Mae is drawn into the world of Andy Warhol’s factory in 1960s New York. As she transcribes the tapes of conversations between Warhol and his alluring friends she finds escape from...
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Benjamin Myers
Benjamin Myers’ wildly experimental new book spans thousands of years of northern history and multiple literary forms. Through a cast of characters at different points of history it tells the story of...
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Sebastian Barry
Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a...
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Catherine Lacey
The sudden death of controversial artist X leaves her admirers grappling with the mysteries of her strange and eventful life. Determined to correct the versions of X conjured by others, her late wife,...
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Claire McGlasson
Margaret Finch has just begun work in a position that relies on her discretion and powers of observation – documenting the behaviour of working class holiday makers in Blackpool in the interwar period....
View Article‘Each book is its own unique hell’
“If I knew the secret of writing a real page-turner, sure I’d tell you,” laughs Harlan Coben. “But I’m not sure even I understand.” But Coben is doing something right when it comes to penning...
View ArticleOff the shelf: Thrilling travel
When I first started writing my debut thriller, The Dive, I was desperate for an escape. It was 2020 – deep into the Covid-19 pandemic– and, like many, I was trapped in a one-bedroom apartment with...
View ArticleArt after dark
Dave Haslam was famous on Manchester’s club scene for his legendary DJ sets at the Haçienda nearly 40 years ago. Now he regularly finds himself stepping down from the DJ booth and picking up a pen....
View ArticleAuthor Q&A: Esther Yi
Esther Yi’s debut novel follows a young Korean-American woman in Berlin, bored with her copy-editing job and unsatisfying relationship. Her life changes when she attends a K-pop concert and develops a...
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