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Leanne Shapton | 'I’m really drawn to people who don’t stay in their lanes'

Fresh from judging this year’s Man Booker, Leanne Shapton returns with a book of ghost stories told in her inimitable style. Read more

Bee Wilson | 'Food is how we live'

Bee Wilson’s writing on food and gastronomy continues with an urgent call to assess our consumption. Read more

Sadie Jones | 'You have to be on both their sides'

The latest novel from Sadie Jones is her first contemporary tale. But the story has deep roots: none more so than the eternal power struggle... Read more

Max Porter | 'I know people read weird and unlikely things'

Max Porter’s follow-up to his heralded début is an equally ambitious novel centring on small-town Britain. Read more

David Nott | 'Healthcare is seen as a weapon'

Operating on patients in war zones has put David Nott in peril across the globe. His memoir explains why he continues to put himself in... Read more

Hannah Beckerman | 'Those repressed stories will always find their way out'

The new novel by Hannah Beckerman traces the impact of a family secret upon three generations of women. Read more

Clare Hunter | 'Embroidery became her emotional and political representative'

Interweaving stories from her own life with historical examples, Clare Hunter’s non-fiction début reframes needle-work as a powerful and political medium. Read more

Tessa Hadley | 'The domestic parochial is what novels do best'

The seventh novel by Tessa Hadley could see the author, adored by peers but often overlooked by prizes, finally reach a deserved wider readership.... Read more

Tim Waterstone | 'It was very cleansing to write, but also to face the ugly stuff'

Philip Jones talks to Tim Waterstone about the founding of his eponymous high street chain and how his early years formed his view of bookselling.... Read more

Sam Copeland | 'Children’s books give you the freedom to be funny'

RCW agent Sam Copeland was a trade rarity: a publishing staffer with no desire to turn author. Now, he says, he can’t stop writing...... Read more

Lucy Foley | 'I wanted to read a modern murder mystery. So that’s what I wrote'

With three historical novels to her name, former editor Lucy Foley has turned her hand to a Highlands-set murder mystery. Read more

Holly Smale | 'The books you love at that age stay with you forever'

Bestselling YA author Holly Smale returns with a new series that explores perception and reality in the age of social media. Read more

Angie Thomas | 'Kids like us don’t often get discussed'

Angie Thomas' follow-up to The Hate U Give, her hugely successful début novel, shines a light on modern day america and the deep divisions that... Read more

Diane Setterfield | 'We use storytelling to explain ourselves to ourselves'

The third novel by Diane Setterfield centres on a drowned child who miraculously returns to life, and the people who lay claim to her.... Read more

Lucy Strange | 'I think it’s so important not to underestimate readers of that age, the complexity of their inner world'

A painting provided the inspiration for Lucy Strange’s second children’s book, about a family struggling with the outbreak of the Second World War.... Read more