Books
Roddy Doyle: ‘We’re opening a door into the minds of people who ordinarily aren’t in bookshops’

Roddy Doyle: ‘We’re opening a door into the minds of people who ordinarily aren’t in bookshops’
Roddy Doyle explains why the Booker Prize Foundation is joining forces with Big Issue to give a free short story collection to every reader
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Collect your free book from your local vendor while stocks last, or claim a copy online
A free book for every reader! Get your free Quick Reads short story collection here

A free book for every reader! Get your free Quick Reads short story collection here
Big Issue has teamed up with the Booker Prize Foundation and The Reading Agency to give readers a copy of All Around The World: Stories by Booker Prize Writers. Here’s how to claim yours
Roger McGough: ‘Poetry is within all of us’
Roger McGough: ‘Poetry is within all of us’
The men who invented the concept of race
The men who invented the concept of race
AF Steadman: ‘Kids don’t want to be on their phones. They want books and deadly unicorns’

AF Steadman: ‘Kids don’t want to be on their phones. They want books and deadly unicorns’
Books have had a good run for 500 years. What does the future hold?

Books have had a good run for 500 years. What does the future hold?
How to embrace your edginess and learn to be exhilarated by the unknown

How to embrace your edginess and learn to be exhilarated by the unknown
I’m a probation officer. It’s a frightening, upsetting, but also moving and hopeful world

I’m a probation officer. It’s a frightening, upsetting, but also moving and hopeful world
The curious story of our public statues and why they end up worshipped, loved, assaulted or ignored

The curious story of our public statues and why they end up worshipped, loved, assaulted or ignored
Greenham Women’s Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years

Greenham Women’s Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years
Humanity has lost its animal instincts. And it’s been a disaster for the world

Humanity has lost its animal instincts. And it’s been a disaster for the world
From twitching curtains to Ring doorbells: The history of surveillance in the suburbs

From twitching curtains to Ring doorbells: The history of surveillance in the suburbs
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head

The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head
The science behind racism: How discrimination is still holding people back in the jobs market

The science behind racism: How discrimination is still holding people back in the jobs market
Top 5 books about lying, chosen by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, poet and author 

Top 5 books about lying, chosen by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, poet and author
The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire

The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire
City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling

City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling
Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar 

Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar
After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now

Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now
Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey 

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey
Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale

