LAPD ’53

The publication of A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin’s dazzling collection of short stories, marked the rediscovery of a writer whose talent had gone unremarked by many. The incredible reaction to

A new generation of female artists is emerging who have grown up in a culture saturated with social media and selfies. This book looks at how young women are using photography and the internet to explore issues of self-image and female identity, and the impact this is having on contemporary art. Forty artists are featured, […]

The remarkable story of a world record breaking adventure to run a marathon in every country in the world. On January 6th 2018, Nick Butter tied his laces and stepped out on to an icy pavement in Toronto, where he began to take the first steps of an epic journey that would see him run […]

A story of friendship and family secrets in 1970s Japan, from the prizewinning author of The Memory Police. On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars. After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the […]

“Elise Karlsson har lagt sitt öra mot höghusväggarna och hört många hjärtan slå. . som alla bra historiska romaner är den framför allt intresserad av att fånga medvetanden, känslor och stämningar från en svunnen tid då friheten hägrade på många områden: sexualitet, utbildning, familj. Och dagens läsare måste fråga sig var de blev av, alla […]

Sara-Vide Ericson is one of the most influential painters of her generation. Her large figurative canvases, inspired by surrounding nature and her own personal experience, transform personal stories into universal myths. From the publisher: Sara-Vide Ericson’s paintings are rooted in personal and bodily experiences. Memories of places, moments and inherited experiences are, through the artist’s […]

Rising star Joshua Cohen’s first collection of essays, a fully realized work created from a selection of previously published and new nonfiction – essays, memoir, criticism, letters, diaries – covering an extraordinary array of topics: politics, literature, art, music, travel, the media, and psychology, on subjects ranging from Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, animals in literature, […]

Hur känner man sig när man är som jag är nu? Klockan är mycket. Alla med lite vett i ­huvudet borde sova eller åtminstone vara ­sömniga vid den här tiden. Jag vill absolut inte sova. Jag vill sitta uppe hela natten. Jag skulle vilja ha någon att tala med. Någon som är likadan som jag. […]