Not Much Rhymes With CancerEmily Thomas was 38 and mother to a newborn baby when she received the life changing news that she had stage IV de novo metastatic breast cancer. Following her diagnosis, Emily began writing poetry, documenting her experience with searing vulnerability and authenticity. She shared her poems via her Instagram page, quickly gaining a following of women going through similar experiences. Now, posthumously collated and curated by her friends and family,

Rashid al-Daif: excerpt from the novel Learning English

His work recieved several prizes

Since the mid-1970s Saadi Youssef has been

as his family life disintegrates

As well as his books from Salmon

can Ginny build a life for herself among so many mysteries or will the terrors of the age suck her under

Northern Ireland and Italy

Struck through with brilliant

It comprises two of his best known collections

Some with a flattering word

Other characters have to confront situations of their own making

columbine and vetch