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Poppy Adams: Moths and memories

Poppy Adams' début The Behaviour of Moths (Virago, May), which has already secured a two-week BBC Radio 4 "Book at Bedtime" slot and extensive foreign rights sales, had part of its genesis in a visit the author took...

Ross Raisin: Raisin's Cain

Spend just a few pages in the company of Sam Marsdyke, the young farmer who narrates God's Own Country (Viking, March), and it's an unforgettable experience. Rare are the writers who have created such a funny yet terrifying...

Holly McQueen: Heroine for Holly

When you have wanted to be a writer since you were four, coming from a family of lawyers might not be a great help—but it didn't deter Holly McQueen. As a child she would write stories instead of doing her maths homework, and now, some...