This short story by April L Ford was inspired by Hazel Gore’s painting ‘Living Alone in Paradise’. It comes with a trigger warning for rape and sexual assault.

A short story by Philip Wilson

by Caroline Copeland

A short story by JD Allan

A story by Shane Johnstone

Which novel would you recommend to someone who had never read a word written in your country? The first stop on our tour is Scotland, where Alan Warner highlights James Kelman’s astonishing Kieron Smith, boy

Photographer Jane Flynn provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the Mennonites of Southern Illinois

From Rebecca Smith’s enthralling memoir to Michel Faber’s love letter to music, Alistair Braidwood sifts through the year’s most compelling titles

We publish original art and invite writers to submit stories inspired by the work

Michael Moore returns with a characteristically clever documentary about alternatives to war, writes Robert Gallacher

Chris Harvie on warnings from history and the shitstorm to come

Indie-pop survivors resurface with a record rich in off-kilter charm, writes Neil Cooper

A short story by MD Hamilton

A poem by Anna Viceconti