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‘Every sentence will be put under pressure’: how we make our Long Reads unputdownable

From plot twists to stunning visuals, our flagship long-form journalism can be as gripping as any beach read. To mark the publication of the summer issue of the Guardian Long Read...

Extra! Extra! Read All About It . . . Again

At the Old News Newsstand, yesterday’s headlines are today’s hot scoops—discarded Timeses, out-of-vogue Vogues, cool zines, even vintage smut.

An ‘Odyssey,’ From a Dog’s Perspective

Plus, a satire about a Nigerian on holiday, and more international fiction in August.

“Hidden Life,” by Madhuri Vijay

A tiny motor of pleasure had started to hum away inside her, but she was aware, too, of a flash of scorn. How easy it had been to arouse his admiration!

Fiction That Feels Like a Total Escape 

Speculative fiction and psychological suspense sit side by side on our list of essential escapist titles for summer.

Short story: Hide & seek, by Mel Johnston

The year's funniest short story, set in good old Bunnings Warehouse The post Short story: Hide & seek, by Mel Johnston appeared first on Newsroom.

Being a Novelist Only Costs Romantic Compromises and Debilitating Debt

An excerpt from Famous Men by Julie Buntin At the Selden Awards, you’re Nathaniel’s guest, with your own seat at the best table. Two years and change, you say to the woman who asks...

Literature within the reader and the writer

In Yahya bin Salam al Mundhiri’s three stories collected under the title A Brief Moment of Panic, published by Arab Publishing House, fear takes many forms: fear of loss, lonelines...

“Wishes and Fears,” by Caleb Crain

It was the end of the world, and a number of us had gathered in a large, abandoned house.

рџ“љ Emerging voices in fiction

The Center for Fiction reveals the First Novel Prize longlist

“New Shoes,” by Hisham Matar

My life in London, the life I had cobbled together with the barest of routines, grew thin and unconvincing. It now seldom felt real.

Weird Love / The Marvels

Issue No. 134

“Lub Dub Lub Dub Lub Dub,” by Helen Simpson

A sense of impending doom—that was how Weary had described the feeling many people got, like a heaviness in the chest.

“Earthly Delights,” by Sheila Heti

So then they did it. And it was pretty incredible—pretty incredible for a first time.

Time travel, punk music and a novel written in one sentence: 13 books to read this month

From a collection of uninhibited opinion pieces to a take-down of “civility politics”, hunker down for a bit of reading as you ward off the chilly days.

Madhuri Vijay Reads “Hidden Life”

The author reads her story from the August 24 & 31, 2026, issue of the magazine.

Make: Fun! / Baba Yaga’s Assistant

Issue No. 131

Madhuri Vijay on Cross-Generational Dynamics

The author discusses her story “Hidden Life.”

SALON MAGAZINE: FALL 2026

Our August Summer Fiction List Has Landed!

Our August Summer Fiction List is up for giveaway until the end of August—head to our giveaways page for your chance to win.*****...

A sin of darkness

In that neighbourhood, nothing stayed buried – especially in the dark

The Best International Fiction of the Month: September 2026

Here are three newly translated works of fiction from across the globe, along with one classic work of true crime (as Capote would say, a “nonfiction novel”). Keep an eye on the si...

Bruised Ones | Faatima Kabir | Fiction

  Age 17 He came in the middle of our second term, when everybody had already decided who they were going to be. Final year had a way of doing that. Relationships sealed, ambitions...

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

“Daylight Come,” “Scavenging Beauty,” “Dooneen,” and “Queen Mab.”