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Fiction

Boy meets girl: Romance for the terminally online

Jem Calder’s debut novel, *I Want You to Be Happy*, follows the evolving relationship between a young woman and an older man amid the pervasive…

May 23, 2026

Haunted houses: Claire Fuller brilliantly blends social realism and gothic horror

Claire Fuller’s novel *Hunger and Thirst* follows Ursula, a young woman scarred by early trauma and the failures of Britain’s 1980s care system, as she…

May 23, 2026

Douglas Stuart’s John of John: A Brooding Tale of Family and Tradition

Douglas Stuart’s third novel, *John of John*, follows a young man named Cal as he grapples with personal freedom and family secrets in a tightly…

May 10, 2026

Yann Martel’s 'Son of Nobody' blends personal grief with Homeric epic

Canadian author Yann Martel’s new novel *Son of Nobody* follows researcher Harlow Donne as he reconstructs a fictional Homeric epic while grappling with personal tragedy…

Apr 26, 2026