The Acts of Desperation author on Dickens, Knausgaard and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist inspiring her to write book number two.

Pip Williams’ bestselling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words aims to share a history that women were originally cut out of: charting the English language.

Celebrated for her razor-sharp novels, now the author is releasing her first essay collection, The Hard Crowd. She talks to Kate Wyver about near-death experiences, partying with the Stones and refusing to be the 'moral centre' of her work.

Murakami is well-known as a jazz aficionado, and Charlie Parker has had a long influence on his writing – as this playful, never previously published essay about the musician demonstrates.

A fairy tale revolution is here to remix and revive your favourite stories, from acclaimed writers Rebecca Solnit, Malorie Blackman, Kamila Shamsie and Jeanette Winterson. These are fairy tales reimagined for modern boys and girls.

Introducing the VINTAGE Editions – a collection of some of the greatest books we have published in translation over the last few decades. As much as this series transports readers around the world, they also speak to universal themes.