My Sister's Red ShirtGrowing up in a glittering new decade of possibility, Anran is radically different to her sister. Outspoken and idealistic, she relishes in challenging hypocrisy, unlike the older Anjing, whose memories of a turbulent past remind her of the perils of going against the grain. When Anran is targeted by her teacher for her refusal to conform to authority, should Anjing shield her sibling from life's hard truths, or will she let her blaze her own path?

Haidar Haidar: Excerpt from the novel The Desolate Time

comes to dominate their already flawed marriage

Pliny the Younger

joins Mary Dorcey

Samsa decides that she wants to have a child

where the ‘tireless human sonar’ scans a compromised world for calamity and grace

Mohammed al-Arishiya

a singular voice

sex - and discussions of God and love

To adopt a child from another country necessarily means taking them away from their culture

plus appearances from ex-SugaBabes

She attempts to fly him away from his habits and fears