Books

These independent bookmakers are willing to take a risk on ambitious and innovative writing, in a bid to create future classics.

Hazel Gaskin’s new photography book has been created in collaboration with Feed The Hill, a food bank that has proved indispensable to south London during the lockdown.

Shuggie Bain is a Glasgow-set tale of crumbling families, ruinous addiction and blossoming sexuality. It’s also the Booker-longlisted best book of the summer. Its author, New York-based Scotsman Douglas Stuart, explains his hard road to publication, both on and off-the-page.

As the founder of XL – the British record label that brought us The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, Adele, The White Stripes, Tyler, The Creator and more – releases his new multi-artist album under the name Everything Is Recorded and publishes his memoir, we take you on a wild ride through 30 years of groundbreaking music.

Bored at home? Then transport yourself to the bouncing streets of The Big Easy with Akasha Rabut’s debut photobook Death Magick Abundance.