Books

Author and diversity equality campaigner Anuranjita Kumar’s ambitious and insightful new book Colour Matters? reveals what it is like to be a person of colour in a racist world, and makes an impassioned rallying cry for forging a colourless future.

Much needed escapism from a world that seems to have slipped its moorings from reality.

Filmmaker Ben Pickering’s time-bending debut novel has all the hallmarks of a literary blockbuster, according to reviewer Timothy Arden

Research reveals the top 50 most read books by Brits.

As I may have mentioned one or two hundred times before, Belfast and particularly its thriving arts scene is the best-kept secret in the UK. What I find remarkable about that statement, which I find as easy to state as the current weather conditions, is how often I have to convince Northern Irelanders of it. For instance, just yesterday I was sat outside the Crescent Arts Centre, home base of the ninth annual Belfast Book Festival, puffing on a fag...

Thanks to solar power, Jamaica’s future is bright in Ira Poyser’s visionary debut novel, which imagines the Caribbean island as a powerhouse of economics, sport and global affairs. By Lucy Bryson It’s portrayed as an idyllic island blessed with blue skies, white sandy beaches and warm Caribbean seas. But away from the affluent tourist spots where holidaymakers sip expensive cocktails to reggae music lies a country struggling with crime, violence, poverty, inequality and unemployment. For all of Jamaica’s accomplishments –...

The first edition of 'Swell’s Night Guide Through the Metropolis' by The Hon F L G, could fetch thousands of pounds at auction

Arch Hades has become an unlikely internet sensation after posting bitesize poems about her heartbreaks on the internet. Hades, 26, has gained international acclaim after sharing her “heartache, loneliness and pain” on the social networking site, Instagram. The poems, which describe the “bittersweet and often intense reality of complicated relationships that don’t end in happily ever-afters”, struck a chord with a growing fanbase that now number in the tens of thousands. Hear phenomenal popularity over the space of just a...

Whether you’re planning an exotic break or a UK staycation, no holiday would be complete without a great book to escape with. We caught up with the British novelist Nicholas Leigh whose fast-paced books will carry you through the summer and beyond.