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It's been an interesting year in literature. Stand out releases have included The Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine…

Irish writer, comedian and podcaster Blindboy Boatclub's second collection of short stories, Boulevard Wren and Other Stories, is a riotous …

Helen Mort is best known as an acclaimed poet, who had won the Foyles Young Poet of the Year Award five times by the age of 18. Climbers wi…

We're continuing to mix up this section with two book reviews, a spotlight on the new Writers Hub at Castle House, and a poem from Phil Wals…

Treat Your Shelfs October book was a queer-packed space opera and a retelling of the Arthurian legend. Once and Future is set between world…

Endland is the latest release from Sheffield-based publisher And Other Stories. Tim Etchells is better known as the artistic director of i…

We're mixing things up this month, with a spotlight on two literature organisations in the city who are doing great things. We're going to b…

Chuck Palahniuk ramraided the late-90s lit scene with an uncompromising mix of Swiftian satire, Burroughsian surrealism and enough scatalogi…

In this month's Wordlife section you'll find a selection of photos and a poem from Simon Corble, taken from his book, White Light, White Pea…

Best known for fronting alternative country rockers Richmond Fontaine, Willy Vlautin has also penned a handful of essential novels chronicli…