Literary
Cathy Rentzenbrink’s book recommendations
Jessie Burton’s sequel to The Miniaturist to be published by Picador in 2022
Can literature help us recognize microaggressions?
9 of the best poetry podcasts
The witch trials and the criminalization of female power
Twelve beautiful summer poems
The real women of the Vardø witch trials
Brigid Hughes on the true story of rediscovering W-3
Picador to publish Haven, a new novel from Emma Donoghue
The Secret Barrister in conversation with James O’Brien
Uplifting poems to brighten your mood
‘When it comes to capitalism, the virus is greed.’ Octavia Bright on the capitalist dystopia of Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel