‘Edifying and enlivening’ — Kate Baer

Linguist and writer Malwina Gudowska unpicks the myths surrounding multilingualism and the political, emotional and gendered weight of passing down language to your children

‘A real celebration and ode to women who hold up the art of cinema.’ — Mollie Goodfellow

Leading film critic of her generation offers an unflinchingly honest and humorous account of her mixed-race millennial journey towards self-acceptance through a cinematic lens.

‘A brilliantly conceived family history, one that places questions of responsibility and atonement at the center of the conversation about America’s political future’ — the Whiting Foundation

An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors’ land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government.

‘Moskovich writes sentences that lilt and slink, her plots developing as a slow seduction and then clouding like a smoke-filled room’ — Guardian

A vibrant, muscular genre-bending novel set in the coldest night of a Berlin winter as decades of Russian and Ukrainian history unfold alongside a broken love affair. The Waste Land for our times, this is a forceful, dark and unexpectedly erotic anthem for doomed youth.

‘A fascinating, passionate and political case for art’s world-changing power, by a fizzingly good writer’ — Robert Macfarlane

An urgent reminder that art can make a human life more bearable, and can be a means of building the things that a person needs to survive the bleakest circumstances.

‘This book is a must-read. A timely reappraisal of the very notion of comparing people, objects and places.’ — Aiden Sidebottom

Bullsh*t Comparisons will challenge the way you think about the political use and social abuse of the metaphors and metrics that warp our understanding of an unequal world.

‘A force to be reckoned with and utterly tireless… With typical laser focus, she repeatedly questions which things society pays attention to and which we consider insignificant.’ — Laura Bates, Guardian

Draws on first-hand experiences of war in countries as diverse as Ukraine, Syria and Northern Ireland to show how women’s wars are not men’s wars.

‘Will burrow under your skin and live forever in your darkest dreams’ — Bust

Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authors – including Margaret Atwood, Raven Leilani, and Cassandra Khaw – to explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror.

‘Prepare to laugh, sob and dance’ — Telegraph

This fascinating journey through the complex histories of India, its performance traditions and cultural history is a love letter to cinema, an invitation to learn about the largest film fandom on the planet, and a window onto the rise of modern India.