A journey into the forest. William Fiennes on the ash, Tracy Chevalier on the birch, Blake Morrison on the chestnut, Ali Smith on the Scots pine. Plus Philip Hensher, Kate Mosse, Maggie O'Farrell, Tahmima Anam and Susan Elderkin.
More music. Featuring members of Beirut, Liturgy, Ladytron, plus Diane Cluck, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Adam Green and Kate Harkin. Fiction by Jonas Hassen Khemiri. A list from Chandler.
Morgan Meis on Guru, Jonathan Safran Foer's Tree of Codes, and Jon McGregor on footnotes. Plus, Adam Leith Gollner, Amber Qureshi from Fukushima, Alain de Botton, and Keith Ridgway on literary agents.
Almost a how-to. Featuring Louis Theroux, Arthur Bradford, Heidi Julavits, Alexandra Styron, Tucker Nichols, Darin Strauss, Kevin Baker and Katha Pollitt. Plus John Kenney has 'the talk' with his dad.
Mostly poetry from Michael Robbins. And there's also an essay by Laurence Scott on Galliano and Gaddafi, plus a very brief mention of Natalie Portman. Featuring artwork by Eric Hanson.
A celebration of the writer's life. Featuring roast fillet of pork with fresh sorrel melted in cooking juices, braised endive and a salad of peaches and redcurrants. Plus Aliette Martin.
Kamila Shamsie on returning to Karachi, plus Henning Mankell, Leila Abouela, Roma Tearne, Patrick French and James Kelman. Tishani Doshi dreams a beautiful death and Gandhi offers marriage advice.
A Christmas card of sorts. With contributions from Francesco Pacifico, Heathcote Williams and Mr. Christmas himself, Anton Chekhov. Cover art by Julie Doucet.
La belle province. Contributions from Gil Courtemanche, Michel Vézina, Gaston Miron, Émilie Andrewes, Leonard Cohen, David Homel, Rawi Hage, Mireille Silcoff and Madeleine Thien. Art by Julie Doucet.
An issue featuring a single essay by Orhan Pamuk on the subject of fathers and sons. That's it, that's all. But what more do you need from an issue? Plus artwork by the inimitable Lauren Simkin Berke.
Featuring contributions from members of LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, The Weakerthans, Luna and Bloc Party. Plus Ryan Adams, Sam Lipsyte, Mohsin Hamid and art from Raymond Pettibon.
The Utterly Broken Britain issue. Featuring artwork from Paul Davis, a list from Ernest Hemingway and reportage from Dan Hancox. Plus Jeremy Gavron, Brenda Walker, Colin Elford and James Robertson