Literary
What it's like to be almost English
Shakespeare, plagues, and a post-apocalyptic novel
Rachael Boast shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize
How writing a book answered a thirty-year-old question
Kae Tempest in the studio
Gerard Woodward on hiding and revealing in Vanishing
The Child Who reading guide
Our favourite books about Afghanistan
Nickolas Butler on how his novel Shotgun Lovesongs came to be
Hannah Kent on the most powerful landscapes in fiction
The Picador Book Club reads Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi on the importance of anti-heroines
