Claire Kilroy: ‘My moral compass has turned 180 degrees on Lolita’
The Irish author on the allure of Lolita, the comfort of Yeats and the power of Winnie-the-Pooh
Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams review – a freewheeling collection
A fascination with words and symbols provides a unifying theme in this richly ambiguous collection of short stories
Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for “riotous” novel Glorious Exploits
Described as a ‘masterclass in tragicomedy’, the novel, set in Syracuse in 412BC, follows two locals who decide to stage Medea in a quarry using prisoners as actors
The Honeyeater by Jessie Tu review – this biting tale of backstabbing uber-egos will stay with you
Tu’s second novel, charting a young translator’s messy relationship with a two-faced academic couple, brilliantly dissects power and whiteness
The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk review – Windrush children who were left behind
A young girl is bereft when her mother goes to England, in this vivid debut of family sacrifices and secrets
Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan review – bravura small-town chorus
The inner thoughts of an Irish community speak volumes about the state of the nation in Donal Ryan’s sequel to The Spinning Heart
The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville review – pulpy hijinks
A film star and a fantasy icon collaborate on an ultraviolent tale of a superhero’s search for mortality
Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win
The science fiction and fantasy prize says it has culled 377 votes mostly for ‘Finalist A’, who will not be disqualified as there is no proof they were aware
Show up, love the process, don’t follow trends: insider tips on how to write a book
If you have a book in you, a novelist, an agent and a publisher each share their top three golden rules for getting it out
The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – a jigsaw puzzle portrait of buried family secrets
In the fourth novel by the award-winning author of The Bass Rock, Wyld weaves a cleverly fragmented story of an Australian woman whose traumatic past casts a long shadow on the present
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi review – fast and filthy in New Lagos
Existential literary fiction meets underworld caper in this unflinching tale of two recently parted lovers licking their wounds on a wild weekend in a corrupt city
Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise by Lin Yi-Han review – Taiwan’s #MeToo movement
This finely written, semi-autobiographical tale of a 13-year-old girl’s grooming by her tutor is given tragic depth by the author taking her own life after publication
A Netflix film, statue and a newly discovered first edition: joy at celebrations of Aphra Behn
As the career of the pioneering writer is remembered, an 1688 copy of her novel Oroonoko is the cherry on the cake
In brief: A Ride Across America; This Motherless Land; Be Mine – reviews
A bicycle-led musing on the state of the US; a page-turning, Nigerian-inflected reworking of Mansfield Park; and a wistful final chapter for Richard Ford’s sportswriter Frank Bascombe
Orlaine McDonald: ‘As a writer it’s important that I don’t look away’
The debut novelist on her haunting tale of mothers and daughters, the importance of putting black women on the page and the art form that makes her feel most alive