In the Name of the PeopleATTENTION ALL PARTY BODIES OF H PROVINCE: After consultation with relevant authorities it has been determined the local state organs have failed to undeviatingly serve the people of H province, and the entire local apparatus is riddled with corruption. Attempts to rectify the situation have failed because morally degenerate senior officials have resorted to increasingly desperate measures to cover their tracks. Effective immediately, Comrade Hou

1960 in Barnaul

unaware of the yellow bird behind it

both published by Macmillan

As we might expect from the author of a number of astute and widely praised critical volumes on Welsh Art

she had been working on her own poetry throughout her life

There’s an excerpt from Lebananese author Alawiyah Sobh’s acclaimed novel Dunya

carefully crafted poems are capable of packing a considerable charge

Julie Myerson – author of Home

Jack deals in cardboard

Claudia Rankine

and in an alcohol treatment centre for adolescents

Penelope Shuttle