Literary
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
When Jon Ronson met Frank Sidebottom
Echoes in the memory: the T S Eliot Prize and readings
Fifteen books you can read in a week*
Kiss Me First: a terrifyingly plausible reality
13 authors on where they write
An interview with Ann Weisgarber
Brand New Ancients: a Poem for London