Tremor by Teju Cole audiobook review – colonialism’s long shadow
Atta Otigba and Yetide Badaki narrate a sprawling, multifaceted exploration of the entrenched hierarchies within the worlds of art, literature, history and pop culture
Marian Keyes: ‘Books have one shot to impress me and if you miss, you miss’
The Irish author on the allure of Elizabeth Jane Howard, the brilliance of Bernardine Evaristo – and why she won’t be revisiting Philip Roth
Sad girl novels: the dubious branding of women’s emotive fiction
When women write complex characters, filled with desire, anger or self-destructive urges, why are their books touted as ‘sad’ and frivolous – unlike those of inward-looking male authors'?
The Work by Bri Lee review – satirical art world romp tries to tick too many boxes
A novel that’s torn between two books – one is a half-hearted skewering of money and power, the other a modern romance
James by Percival Everett – Huckleberry Finn reimagined
A bravura rewriting of Mark Twain’s classic from the enslaved Jim’s point of view
Bernardine Evaristo joins calls to save Goldsmiths’ Black British literature MA
Booker-winning author says course ‘shouldn’t be seen as dispensable’ as university seeks to cut 130 academic jobs
Where to start with: Patricia Highsmith
Thanks to Netflix’s moody adaptation, Ripley, there’s more awareness of Highsmith’s skills as an expert writer of guilt, ambivalence and moral dilemmas at odds with reality
Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson review – portrait of an artist
Strange happenings haunt an Irish island in this debut about an artist’s isolated existence
Levitation for Beginners by Suzannah Dunn review – the dark side of a 70s childhood
The village life of a 10-year-old girl is disrupted by a newcomer in a tale of youthful mystery and shifting emotions
Six ‘implicitly optimistic’ novels make the International Booker prize shortlist
From books about disintegrating relationships and countries to a worker’s-eye view of Korea and a story of farmers in Brazil, the selected titles engage with current realities, say the judging panel
‘You’re covered in wrinkles. You’re no longer interesting’: the books making ageing women visible
A handful of new Australian novels feature women getting older in a culture that would prefer it happened out of sight
‘She was like an auntie to me’: Lynne Reid Banks remembered by Michael Morpurgo
The astonishing breadth of her writing was a great inspiration – as was she, in her passionate advocacy for children’s books
James by Percival Everett review – a gripping reimagining of Huckleberry Finn
Percival Everett’s gleeful reboot of Mark Twain puts the enslaved Jim centre stage in a horrifying, painful and funny novel
Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson review – art, solitude and the supernatural
An artist on a remote island turns her gaze to a mysterious group of women living off‑grid in a thought-provoking and sometimes poetic debut novel by an award-winning essayist
Dead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes review – a searing ‘sad girl’ tale
The award-winning poet’s debut novel is a barbed, brisk study of a woman’s suffering after an assault