Wordlife

Alice Megan spotlights five novels set in Sheffield to tide you over as summer draws to an end, from mystery suspense to modern rom com.

‘Highlight in the literary calendar’ features events with David Olusoga, Lemn Sissay, Helen Mort, Simon Armitage, Kit de Waal and Lee Child.

Let’s imagine, for a moment, smoking is an animal. What kind of animal will it be? Something violent and endangered, I think. A bizarre evol…

It’s one of those days where you’ve found God, finally.You’ve been heathen for weeks but now your body— its bumpy legs, its fingers grippin…

I rode around the garden today on a big white horse.I was naked except for sunglassesSometimes it helps.To feel extravagant and theatrical.D…

Novel told "with the intensity and savagery of fairytales" chosen from almost 150 manuscripts.

Dami Okhiria is a slam poetry contest champion who has performed at Tramlines Festival and on BBC Radio Sheffield.

I am a mother of a daughter. I am originally from Ethiopia. I have lived in the UK since January 2014.

I've probably spent twice as much time outside during lockdown than I did over the winter that preceded it. Yet I feel like my world has narrowed.

Jed was certain, the house with the battered old sailing boat outside wasn't there. The entire house had vanished. The street had squeezed u…