Fiction: Special Features

Born and Bred in Myanmar is about the life and struggles of rural dwelling youths in Myanmar who, at an early age, have to work to supplement the h...

Winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation'Both a great anti-war novel and a love story, full of tenderness as around it the world ...

Anna Devlin's quirky and lovely short stories shine with moments of glad grace. Her first collection in almost 36 years, these original and arresti...

Sweden 2012. When Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a terrible personal tragedy his boss asks him to investigate a cold case, hopin...

One of the great novels to have been written in our language MARIO VARGAS LLOSABeautifully written and gripping GuardianHe thought that memories we...

Candescent Blooms is a collection of twelve short stories which form fictionalised biographies of mostly Golden Era Hollywood actors who suffered u...

What does a mortuary attendant and a beach inspector have in common? How does a sparkly purse and a sticky sweet bring two women together? What cou...

Longlisted for The Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2023Ambitious and playful, darkly humorous and imaginative, these strikingly original stories move e...

The sheep that's a good listener. The woman and the ice cream salesman. The young man who falls in love with a washing machine. That age old tale. ...