Books
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’
The Author of the Year winner at this year’s British Book Awards believes her books have connected with kids by presenting real-world problems alongside excitement and ‘blood-thirsty 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
Top Stories
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
Reviews
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 Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
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
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
Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar
Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar
Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey
Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey
Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Author essays
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
Everything happens in the margins, whether in evolution, religion, literature, philosophy, cookery, painting or anything else
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
