Books & Poetry

In 1998, Roger Alton, newly appointed editor of The Observer, was invited to Downing Street, where David Milliband asked him what he planned to do with his paper. Alton replied: ‘Bit more sex...

This 30-year-old picture book from Margaret Atwood, which predates ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by seven years,is being published in the UK for the first time. ‘Up in the...

Petr Horácek trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague before becoming a graphic designer and the illustrations in his new picture book are gorgeous. The intense colours and plashy brush...

The short story can be a revolving door, whisking the reader quickly around, only to leave him facing another door, the next story. But this dazzling collection of stories achieves the very...

When you’ve made your name writing erudite, complex historical novels that look with detached compassion on human foibles, it’s never going to be easy to navigate a more contemporary...

Burleigh’s ‘Cultural History of Terrorism’ is a powerful study of the major terrorist movements of the past 150 years, from Fenians and Anarchists via Northern Ireland, Algeria,...

Barrington Stoke provides books for children and young people who are dyslexic or find reading challenging. The publishing house uses particularly clear printing, commissions books from an...

An almost-mega success, okay are from Canada, touring the world. Their milieu is old-school indie, somewhere along the groove that connects the Velvets to the Jesus and Mary Chain. The narrator of...