Unbound

In this instalment of the FUTURES series, cultural critic Mia Levitin explores the future of seduction, asking powerful and necessary questions about the relationships of tomorrow

'Exquisite . . . Angela Carter goes feral with Ursula K. Le Guin' (Jay Griffiths): a beautifully illustrated novel rooted in fantasy and folklore, set in a post-apocalyptic California

For once, these men are the objects; I am the subject. Me, me, me.

The world's most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle

Poguemahone is a wild, free-verse monologue, steeped in music and folklore, crammed with characters, both real and imagined, on a scale Patrick McCabe has never attempted before.

Two IRA detectives attempt to solve the murder of a young boy during the Irish War of Independence in 1920

Sixteen established authors - including Kevin Barry, Roddy Doyle, Lisa McInerney and Lyra McKee - and sixteen new voices write on their experience of being working-class in Ireland

From the creator of the hugely popular Poorly Drawn Cats Twitter account comes this guide to understanding the mind of your feline friend

A timely anthology of nature writing by female authors and includes Sinead Gleeson, Kerri Ní Dochartaigh, ER Murray and Claire Louise Bennett, so very strong Irish content. Again, this one has already received lots of attention.

Timothy O'Grady's tender, vivid prose and Steve Pyke's starkly beautiful photographs combine to make a unique work of fiction, an act of remembering suffused with loss, defiance and an unforgettable loveliness. An Irish life with echoes of the lives of unregarded migrant workers everywhere. Since it was first published in 1997, I Could Read the Sky has achieved the status of a classic.