A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi review – a fable about self-mythology

This gloriously absurd Prague-set tale, in which one woman is split into seven selves, is a wild ride

Abi Daré wins the inaugural Climate fiction prize

Daré accepted the £10,000 prize for her latest novel, And So I Roar, the follow-up to her bestselling debut The Girl with the Louding Voice

Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick review – hope at the end of the world

An evocative debut charts the journey of a group of travellers as they seek refuge in the wake of an unstoppable pandemic

‘Eerie gem’ of an unearthed Graham Greene story published in Strand Magazine

A ghost story – unusual subject matter for the late author of political thrillers – features alongside little-known Ian Fleming story

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong review – heartbreak and hope

The follow-up to On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a tale of precarity and connection in smalltown Connecticut

Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth review – a riotous roadtrip

Two sisters reckon with their past selves and the muddles of midlife in a comic tale of secrets, desire and ferocious loyalty

Nevermoor’s Jessica Townsend on frantic fans, her fantasy smash hit – and feeling ‘gutted’ by JK Rowling

The latest book in Townsend’s bestselling children’s series is out amid a surge in anti-trans rhetoric. But she remains committed to making sure her millions of readers all ‘know they have a place in Nevermoor’

Given up on reading? Elif Shafak on why we still need novels

Recent studies suggest we’ve fallen out of love with reading – but the more chaotic our times, the deeper is our need to slow down and read fiction

‘Buddhism and Björk help me handle fame’: novelist Ocean Vuong

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous made him a literary superstar. Now the Vietnamese American author is exploring his working-class roots in an ambitious follow‑up

Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom

Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’

Emma Jane Unsworth: ‘I blush when I think of Miranda July’s All Fours. I became a changed woman’

The author of Slags on Patricia Highsmith, Judy Blume and her lifelong reaction to Yeats

The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie; The Incandescent by Emily Tesh; Land of Hope by Cate Baum; A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett

Gunk by Saba Sams review – boozy nights and baby love

The Send Nudes author’s follow-up conveys a profound message about the insufficiency of the nuclear family

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff audiobook review – a fugitive’s fight for survival

Actor January LaVoy narrates the visceral story of a girl on the run in a winter wilderness, in early 17th-century Virginia

Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson review – a genre-defying graphic novel about class, religion and globalisation

Can you tell the American story via ginseng? Thompson’s funny, moving and exquisitely drawn work has a go