Literary
Oliver Sacks on earworms and the healing power of music
Gabriel Roth & Megan Abbott exchange letters
Qais Akbar Omar on writing and the real Afghanistan
Photo essay: A Fort of Nine Towers
Sunjeev Sahota's life in books
An interview with Sarah Rayner
Why You Should Read B. S. Johnson
Is Harvest Crace’s best?
Ten things we've learnt about love from ten Picador books
The Joy of Hindsight by Sarah Rayner
Ten things I’ve learnt about making a book: a journey from computer file to warehouse
Emma Donoghue on reading and writing