Through writing about her sister Liliana’s murder 30 years ago, the author found a community of those whose female friends and family members had also been killed. Yet the authorities still fail to act‘Grief is the end of loneliness”, Cristina Rivera Garza writes in her book, Liliana’s Invincible Summer, which this week won the Pulitzer prize for memoir....

A surprise final novel from the amazing mind of the late Mo Hayder; a race against time between a father and the FBI; and a knowing riff on the premise of Jurassic ParkMo Hayder is the author of some of the most genuinely terrifying and brilliant thrillers out there: the ending of Hanging Hill lingers in a dark corner of my brain, while her tortured,...

The US film-maker, artist and author’s second novel is a funny, sad and idiosyncratic story of vast scopeA good writer can make any material sing. We hardly need another midlife crisis novel, marriage breakdown novel or sexual awakening novel, so it must be the singular ability of film-maker, artist and writer Miranda July – coming along to show everyone...

Bookshop and arts centre run by Salmon Poetry is saved from closure after raising more than €60,000 from 700 individualsA bookshop and arts centre run by a prominent Irish poetry publisher has been saved from closure after a GoFundMe campaign raised more than €60,000 – enough to buy new premises in a former pub.Salmon Poetry, which has published more...

Putting endless growth above our wellbeing and the environment is no longer viableIn the 20th century, the definition of progress seemed clear. It was growth, measured in terms of national income, or gross domestic product (GDP). And that growth was to be endless, an ever-rising curve. No matter how rich a nation already was, its politicians and economists...

A child’s eye attempts to make sense of a military attack on a school – but fails to find any Rocket in the Roomwhat the rocket has in common with the room full of children is its current location Continue reading...