Eliza Clark: ‘I don’t think we respect female writers’
The British novelist on including content warnings in her first short story collection, why she struggles at book signings and the ‘flagrant sexism’ female authors are subjected to
‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump
Enthusiasm can be a productive force for good, but our culture has rapidly become a fan-based landscape that the rest of us are merely living in
Novelist Jonathan Coe: ‘Liz Truss was very unimpressed to meet me’
His new novel is set during the former PM’s brief premiership, so what happened when they had dinner? The author on politics, cosy crime and bingeing Friends
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – hallucinogenic horrors
The Nobel laureate’s riff on The Magic Mountain takes on a darkly surreal life of its own in this tale of a young man’s visit to a health resort
Lore Segal obituary
Novelist and short-story writer who drew on her experiences as a refugee and migrant living in New York
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Spellbinding witches; memories of home; treasure hunters; fake facts; fearsome creatures; a great guide to graphic art and more
Lissa Evans: ‘Charlotte’s Web had me beside myself with rage and disbelief’
The author on being emotionally battered by EB White’s children’s classic, comforted by Annie Proulx and falling in love with Middlemarch on her third attempt
David Nicholls heads shortlist for Wodehouse comic fiction prize
Judges praise the ‘sheer variety of comedy in play’ in nominated books by Nicholls, Dolly Alderton, Caroline O’Donoghue and Kaliane Bradley
Rapture by Emily Maguire review – tale of medieval female pope feels fresh and intimate
This sensual account of a woman seeking knowledge and God in a man’s world brings us close to matters of faith and the body
Richard Woodman obituary
Writer who drew on his own experience at sea in a series of novels and historical works about the British merchant navy
My Hummingbird Father by Pascale Petit review – a tale of childhood trauma takes flight
The poet’s novel of art and abuse vividly evokes one woman’s quest to uncover long-lost memories
Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway review – this continuation of le Carré is a treat
A new story about cold war spymaster George Smiley written by John le Carré’s son expertly evokes the atmosphere of the originals
‘For too long literature has been defined by one set of people’: writing back to the empire and beyond
Black novelists, poets and playwrights have a long history of reclaiming narratives, the theme of this year’s Black History Month. Novelist Ben Okri looks at where this tradition has come from – and where it’s going next
She Speaks! by Harriet Walter review – new words for Shakespeare’s women
An actor’s collection of supplementary speeches for Shakespeare’s female characters offers fresh insights into his work
More and more, I sense I’m out of touch. Can my expat writing still call Australia home?
Putting anything down is an exercise in vulnerability but the fear of getting my homeland wrong is embarrassing and invalidating