The Guardian view on how culture is taking on tech: the ultimate handheld device
Editorial: Transcription, the winner of the Orwell prize for political fiction, and Toy Story 5 show life before smartphones and screen time
Best Australian books out in July: Rupert Murdoch, unhinged short stories and a psychosexual thriller
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
The End of Romance by Maria Takolander – a bleak, bold and urgent novel for our times
A mother and son scavenge and pillage in a violent post-apocalyptic world, in the poet and short story writer’s tense and engrossing debut
Honey by Imani Thompson audiobook review – a darkly entertaining campus thriller
Racial and gender politics are woven into a clever tale of murder and morals at Cambridge
Long Wave by Daisy Johnson review – a sublime novel of motherhood and loss
Covering three generations, this tangled story of secrets, childhood, abandonment and care might be her best work yet
Queenie Is Working On It by Candice Carty-Williams review – a smart sequel to a breakout bestseller
Queenie’s ticking biological clock drives her chaotic misadventures in this sage and funny follow-up
No God But Us by Bobuq Sayed review – a buzzy and political queer love story
Two gay Afghan men find each other in Istanbul, in a much-hyped debut that fails to sustain the killer energy of its opening act
I had fallen out of love with fiction. Now I’m back in its arms – and relishing every minute
Novels were starting to seem like a thing of the past for me, until I found a book I couldn’t put down. Is there anything better, asks Zoe Williams
Raveheart by Graeme Armstrong review – ravers rebel in a Scottish political satire
A veteran techno DJ embarks on a campaign of civil disobedience in this passionate and at times hilarious tale of underground resistance
Father Alberto and the Flying Girl by Timothy X Atack review – a fable of medieval madness
A parish priest cares for the mentally afflicted in an absorbing tale that combines antic comedy with serious moral themes
Home is where the art is: the rise of the epic domestic novel
Writing about home life doesn’t have to be humdrum argues the author of Natural Disaster – just look at world-spanning ambitious works such as Ducks, Newburyport and All Fours
Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species’
As his new novel is published, the US author talks about nurturing the next generation of creatives, debating Sam Altman – and why he writes on a boat in San Francisco Bay
Jane Yolen obituary
Author who wrote more than 400 books for adults and children and was praised for her inventive retellings of fairytales
Richer than Musk: Joyce Carol Oates on her 88 years of watching, writing, feeling and loving
The writer made headlines when she accused the world’s wealthiest man of lacking joy, culture, a sense of beauty … Meanwhile, her own life has been an attempt to understand and explain the world. She talks us through her latest book
Ian Watson obituary
Innovative and award-winning science-fiction writer whose novels extended to horror, fantasy and the Warhammer franchise