West Yorkshire writer succeeds Carol Ann Duffy as poet laureate – and is paid in sherry

The list features a diverse range of titles, from examinations of contemporary life to retellings of myths and legends

Helen Bowell talks us through her latest projects, opportunities in arts administration and lots of delightful poetry things!

We catch up with Alexandros Plasatis, an immigrant ethnographer who writes fiction in English, his second language, and recently completed a project for Writing East Midlands working with refugees and asylum seekers.

A fiercely feminist fairytale retelling.

What's new in fiction for August? Check out what to add to your summer reading list. 

There’s a saying in the autism community: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” There’s a serious humour at the heart of it, a wilful contradiction of logic spoken with an eyebrow raised that asks for change. It speaks to the frustration felt by autistic individuals who have seen the story of their identity told through harmful medical hypothesising, misguided neurotypical guesswork and deeply entrenched stereotyping – and usually by people who are not autistic.

The best in books for July

Find the books and adaptions that are making waves this June

With modern poets now reaching celebrity status, social media is heralding a new era for contemporary poetry.

This month in books

An endearing 'uplift' novel which is a pleasure to read