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Longlisted for the Women's prize, this ambitious debut journeys into the inner world of a vulnerable teenager who is left traumatised by a toxic friendship ...

From London's commuter belt to the country village gay club, these portraits of LGBTQ+ life are filled with humour, compassion and observational flair ...

The £30,000 award went to novel A Family Matter, about a lesbian affair and a custody battle ...

Sixteen novels are in contention for the £30,000 award, now in its 31st year, with settings ranging from climate-ravaged islands to a near-future Kolkata ...

Ahead of World Book Day on Thursday, Guardian music writers pick out the musicians whose literary references illuminated them - from Adam Ant on Joe Orton to the National on Grace Paley ...

A historian and exponent of 'Rhodes must fall' explores how political liberation doesn't always bring personal freedom ...

Thirty-five years on from his debut collection The Quantity Theory of Insanity, Self takes aim at London's chattering classes in an excoriating vision of moral decline ...

Publicly funded journal pulled poem citing writer's 'social media presence', with solicitors alleging discrimination over gender-critical views ...

Minimalist but never austere, this mother-daughter portrait from the Danish author finds its power in everyday detail ...

An epic account of how three demigod directors, in pursuit of indie freedom, redefined American film-making ...