Literary

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

Hannah Kent answers reading group questions