Juice it up

Tim Winton’s first novel in 6 years is set hundreds of years in the future when climate change has rendered large parts of the globe uninhabitable.

Werthermania!

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s celebrated and controversial novel of unrequited passion “The Sorrows of Young Werther”.

Introducing Intermezzo

A new novel by the Irish writer Sally Rooney offers a moving story about grief, love and family through the stories of two brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek.

In praise of Shirley Jackson

Three quarters of a century on, The Lottery and Other Stories remains the perfect showcase for one of the 20th century’s most original, and now, most justly celebrated, authors.

In praise of Stephen King

Stephen King has been pumping out horror fiction for over half a century, but Carrie, Pennywise and The Stand endure because his stories are grounded in an authentic depiction of modern suburbia.

Lives of girls and women

Alice Munro, who has died at the age of 92, was one of the world’s most beloved writers of tender, insightful short stories, a Nobel Prize winner, and a Canadian national treasure.

Only the astronauts

Adrift in outer space, a motley crew of human-made objects tell their tales, making real history a little sweeter and stranger, in the new collection of short stories by Ceridwen Dovey.

In praise of Paul Auster

The passing of Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster, who burst onto the literary scene with his ‘New York Trilogy’ in 1987, will sadden lovers of fine writing around the world.

Happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness

This year is the centenary of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We – a major influence on George Orwell’s dystopia 1984 and a seminal work of science fiction.

Come and get it

A fresh and intimate portrait of desire, consumption and reckless abandon, Kiley Reid’s second novel “Come and Get It” is a tension-filled story about money, indiscretion, and bad behavior.

In praise of Walter Benjamin

Though he died by his own hand over 80 years ago, the works of German-Jewish intellectual Walter Benjamin still offer vivid insights into our modern age.

Crime spree

Crime fiction remains one of the most popular genres in literature, so here are five novels by writers from Italy, Japan, Israel, New Zealand and Finland to check out over the holidays.