Don’t Believe a Word by David Shariatmadari review – the truth about language

A myth-busting account of how languages emerge, change, and influence the way we think

Harvest by Edward Posnett review – the hidden histories of seven natural objects

Could a gentler, mutually beneficial co‑operation between species help shape a green future?

Ireland in the 14th century, where greed, madness and the Black Death come together for a darkly comic debut

This lyrical debut novel by the Nigerian poet centres on an activist released from prison and an orphaned young woman

An engaging all-action satire on 1960s Tokyo consumerism receives its first English translation

In this powerful first novel, young women assuage their hunger with liberating feasts that take on a subversive tone

This musical for over-threes adapted from the eponymous picturebooks comes with delightful puppets and lashings of puns

A bruising, enthralling debut collection of interlinked tales portrays precarious lives in Houston

The changing face of one West Bank city, and the ‘overwhelming reality’ of continued Israeli control

Scientists, psychologists, artists and activists offer some hope and a plan for the future

This follow-up to the award-winning The Tiger’s Wife is an otherworldly vision of 19th-century Arizona

A debut collection channels Leo Tolstoy with extraordinary results

Mindfulness may have become a tool of capitalism, but if it works, does it matter?

A blistering polemic exposes the country’s malaise