Books
Author and activist Naomi Klein: ‘My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world’

Author and activist Naomi Klein: ‘My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world’
5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis
Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi
Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda
Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching

Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching
‘It was time to change the narrative’: How I created the Black British Book Festival

‘It was time to change the narrative’: How I created the Black British Book Festival
Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’

Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’
A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge
Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody
Top 5 children’s books about animals, selected by Oscar’s Lion author Adam Baron 

Top 5 children’s books about animals, selected by Oscar’s Lion author Adam Baron
Machines made the modern world – if we’re not careful they could break it

Machines made the modern world – if we’re not careful they could break it
Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy’s Deborah Alma

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy’s Deborah Alma
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir
How a life-long obsession with lighthouses led to a book of beauty and adventure

How a life-long obsession with lighthouses led to a book of beauty and adventure
Remarkable way Terry Pratchett’s lost stories were found by fans: ‘A million-to-one-chance’

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett’s lost stories were found by fans: ‘A million-to-one-chance’
Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds

Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative
