Love Forms by Claire Adam review – the power of a mother’s loss
Forty years on, a Trinidadian woman has never stopped looking for the daughter she gave up for adoption, in a quietly devastating novel
Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney review – a satisfying tale of memory and place
Stories within stories give fascinating depth to the prize-winning author’s third novel, about a woman’s return to her family home in the west of Ireland
Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – an ambitious Indian panorama
In the first novel from the author of We Move, descendants of a proscribed intercaste marriage are connected across continents and centuries
Frederick Forsyth obituary
Foreign correspondent who went on to become a hugely successful thriller writer best known for The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86
Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers
Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen review – anything can happen on this remote Scottish island
Life is turned upside-down by a new arrival, in this weird and charming tale of nature and family – with a guest appearance from the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o obituary
Distinguished Kenyan novelist, poet and academic who championed writing in African languages rather than in English
‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award
The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writers
‘Publishing is a dream, but this has also been one of the hardest years of my life’: Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher
The novelist has been awarded the Dylan Thomas prize for young writers. She talks about giving up medical training to pursue fiction – and the childhood memories that inspired her winning debut, The Coin
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann review – the author’s best work yet
This portrait of German film-maker GW Pabst and his moral struggles under the Nazis has the darkness and ambiguity of a modern Grimms’ fairytale
King of Dirt by Holden Sheppard review – a grim portrait of homophobia and masculinity
In his first book for adults, Sheppard explores his gay protagonist’s desperately sad, self-sabotaging behaviour as he struggles with being gay in rural Australia
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene audiobook review – Sam West captures the menace of this modern classic
The seaside town’s seedy underbelly is vividly evoked in this timeless tale of murder, romance and revenge
Where to start with: Edmund White
After the news of White’s death, here is a guide to a foundational writer of gay lives and elder statesman of American queer literary fiction
Twelve Post-War Tales by Graham Swift review – haunting visions from a Booker winner
The author’s conceptual agility is on display in these short stories surveying the trauma of conflict and the challenges of survival
Bernardine Evaristo scoops Women’s prize outstanding contribution award
One-off £100,000 prize awarded to Girl, Women, Other writer for entire body of work and ‘dedication to uplifting under-represented voices’