Read an extract from Dead Happy by Josh Silver

By some miracle, Seb has survived the HappyHead programme, only to find himself stranded on…

Taleen Voskuni: Armenian Food Is Resistance

I am a romance writer, one who tries her best to carry out a weighty…

Alice Hunter: Watching My Novel Come to Life on TV

As an author, seeing your creation leap from the pages of your novel to the…

A. S. Hussain on parasocial relationships with podcasters

Among the first podcasts I ever listened to was Serial, a podcast that re-examined the…

Book Review: The Four by Ellie Keel

Rose, Marta, Sami and Lloyd are four scholarship pupils at the prestigious High Realms. They’re…

Fiona McPhillips on the enduring popularity of dark academia

Dark academia is a literary genre that has its origins in Donna Tartt’s seminal 1992…

Spring Reads: 14 of the best new books to read this month

Despite the decidedly un-springlike weather, summer is only a few months away. But before we…

Book Review: Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Rachel Khong’s debut novel, Goodbye Vitamin, was the story of a young woman who moves…

Fiona Cummins on how the ever-changing seascape finds its way into her novels

On a winter’s morning, the estuary is wreathed in mist, and the cries of the…

Book Review: A Letter To The Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall

If you loved Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and you’re looking for another cosy,…

Book Review: Funny Story by Emily Henry

There’s one thought that always goes through my mind when I pick up a new…

Melissa Welliver: Why soulmates might be real, but you probably don’t want one

When people ask me what gave me the idea for writing Soulmates and Other Ways…