‘These people matter’: why Diana Matar photographs the sites where US police have killed civilians

The celebrated US photographer’s new series is a quietly devastating commemoration and a critique of modern American culture

‘My favourite stories are love stories’: Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction

With four million copies sold and three books in adaptation, the Beach Read author is riding high. She talks about hope, TikTok tropes and escapism

Audacious, stimulating and ‘utterly bonkers’: Siang Lu, the thrilling new face of Australian literature

The award-winning author of The Whitewash takes his readers on wild rides where facts and fiction are often indistinguishable. He’s back with a new novel, containing secrets only he knows

‘Why has my uterus fallen into my vagina?’: Emily Oster’s new book demystifies common pregnancy complications

The Unexpected, the latest book by the economics professor, examines the uncomfortable and embarrassing parts of pregnancy that no one talks about

‘The writer of Fifty Shades gave me tips’: Robinne Lee on her scorching bonkbuster The Idea of You

The fortysomething turned her wildest fantasy – about running off with a boyband member for hot sex in fabulous locations – into a bestseller. As it hits the screen, Lee talks about writing steamy scenes in Starbucks – and her terror of being judged

David Nicholls: ‘I don’t think I’ll write another love story’

As the global bestseller One Day reduces a new generation to tears, it’s fair to say that no other author captures the bittersweet highs and lows of falling in love better than David Nicholls. He talks about nostalgia, self-confidence and the rewards of solitude

‘I’m not afraid of anybody now’: the woman who revealed links between National Trust houses and slavery – and was vilified

Prof Corinne Fowler’s report into colonial history sparked a furore about ‘wokeness’ and heritage. We join her on one of the routes from her book of rural walks that highlight how all our lives are entwined with colonialism

‘I wanted sexual adventures, I didn’t want to fall in love’: Molly Roden Winter on her astonishing memoir of an open marriage

An open marriage, dating sites, sex with strangers – now the writer’s fearsomely frank and funny memoir about the joys of polyamory has become an instant bestseller

‘All of them were drunk’: Iain Sinclair on Freud, Bacon and the postwar Soho arts scene

The author on his new book about photographer John Deakin, being at ease in his 80s – and walking amid London’s fast-moving phone zombies

Jo Hamya: ‘Could I just write one massive grey area?’

The novelist and critic on finding inspiration in her Twitter timeline, why she found the middle-aged man in her new book easier to write than his daughter, and how she learned her craft through poetry

Sarah Perry: ‘For much of my life, I loved God. The echo of that never fades’

The Essex Serpent author on astronomy, her new novel Enlightenment and how her strict Baptist upbringing made its mark

George the Poet: ‘Poetry is the artistic wing of politics’

He performed at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding and was offered an MBE before he turned 30 – but the writer is ready to head in a more radical direction

Sunjeev Sahota: ‘I’ve always been in labour movements – but I’m critical of identity politics’

The Booker shortlisted novelist on writing his first significant non-working-class character, the literary critics who inspired him and why he’s not on Facebook

Poet Jackie Kay: ‘I could have been brought up by Tories!’

The writer on being adopted as a baby by Scottish communists, facing racism in suburban Glasgow, and why her late parents are at the heart of her new collection

‘I didn’t want to hurt that girl. I just felt this pressure building … ’ The sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness

Patric Gagne has spent most of her life fighting terrible urges. She is also a loving sister, daughter, mother and wife. She talks about her remarkable journey