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FICTION: SOUL SEARCHERS
A song takes on a life of its own, and lays bare the history of cultural appropriation
Mahvesh Murad
FICTION: PLAYING WITH DANGER
Not quite ‘divergent’ for those who ‘hunger’ for less ‘pandemonium’ and more ‘brave new worlds’
FICTION: Alice in weirder lands
A novel infuses dystopian fiction with silliness and whimsy
Women in control
Imagining an alternative world in which patriarchy is replaced with matriarchy raises some interesting questions
Dangerous games
A look at the darkness behind the scenes in the world of competitive gymnastics
All that pain and death
The supernatural consequences of human beings’ baser instincts are the theme of This Savage Song
There are a tonne of books about Prince out there and the publisher originally wanted me to write a biography.
Mobeen Azhar is a journalist and filmmaker based in the UK. His documentary Generation Jihad was nominated for the BAFTA
Where would you draw the line?
The novel Roses and Rot has its share of strange creatures, and questions that are not so strange
Of ghosts past and present
David Mitchell’s latest novel Slade House says something about humanity, immortality and if it’s even possible to save
COVER:Literary superhero
In an exclusive interview with Books&Authors, Margaret Atwood talks about zombies, technology and storytelling
REVIEW:The mad and the bizarre:Three Moments of an Explosion
China Miéville’s collection of short stories showcase an accomplished raconteur at his best
The world begins to break
The Fifth Season is a dystopian novel that is chillingly reminiscent of the shackles of
imperialism in its subtle...
REVIEW: Survival of the fittest:Way Down Dark by J.P. Smythe
Way Down Dark, the first in J.P. Smythe’s Australia trilogy, is a fast-paced narrative
REVIEW:Life is happening to us: The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Carnegie Medal-winner Patrick Ness’s coming-of-age novel is about the everyday issues that young people deal with
INTERVIEW: Laline Paull, author of The Bees
“I knew I was onto something, there was the pulse of life in writing the book, I could feel it.”
REVIEW: Winter of discontent: Judy Blume's In the Unlikely Event
Inspired by an event in her life, Judy Blume explores the effect of plane crashes on the residents of a small town
COVER: An unusual vision of dystopia
The renowned Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s latest novel is hilarious, disturbing and thought-provoking
REVIEW: Almost human: Day Four by Sarah Lotz
In Day Four, passengers on a cruise liner find themselves trapped in horrifying, supernatural conditions
REVIEW: Orwellian hive: The Bees by Laline Paull
Laline Paull’s debut novel The Bees can best be described as Animal Farm meets The Hunger Games
The rebellious wizardess: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik’s latest novel is fantastically feminist, funny and highly readable