No Name in the Street; Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin – review
In the centenary of his birth year, the author’s voice is as necessary, human and sharp as ever in a reprinted short story collection and memoir from the 1960s and 70s
They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar review – love and identity on the 1960s music scene
A glorious debut about a Senegalese singer’s rise to stardom and the woman he meets in New York
In brief: Banal Nightmare; Feeding the Monster; Burning Angel and Other Stories – review
Midlife millennial angst abounds in Halle Butler’s sardonic novel, while Anna Bogutskaya bites into our love of horror films, and Lawrence Osborne spans the globe with gripping tales
Pat Barker and Benjamin Myers in conversation: ‘I’m absolutely intolerable when I’m not writing’
Ahead of new books by both, the two English novelists discuss their friendship, the baggage that comes with being labelled ‘northern writers’ and why the Krankies’ memoir is a must-read
Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith review – a secret history
This ambitious debut uncovers a town’s dark past, in a story of teenage dissidence that is alert to the deceptions of propaganda
Mick Herron: ‘Most people didn’t know I was writing – I was a secretive kind of writer’
His spy series became the TV hit Slow Horses, and now his earlier novels are being adapted for screen, starring Emma Thompson. Mick Herron talks about finding recognition
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey audiobook review – coming of age in a time of fear
Two girls set out to catch the Yorkshire Ripper in this vividly narrated novel of adolescent curiosity and confusion
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