Richard Ford, David Bezmozgis, Deborah Eisenberg, Leo Tolstoy, Jonas Hassen Khemiri and Jack Underwood. Patrick Loughran on troubled literature, and five paintings by Mark Beldan.
Peter Stamm, Lee Henderson, Nikesh Shukla and Tom Basden. Katharine Angel on Kate Bush. Paul Ewen serves breakfast to Sonic Youth, and Matthew De Abaitua survives Will Self. Plus, Caleb Klaces.
Fresh new poetry from the UK's finest: Tim Cockburn, Heather Phillipson, Nathan Hamilton, Emily Berry, Olly Todd, Luke Kennard, Oli Hazzard and James Brookes. It's all pedagogical.
In Greece. Poetry from Yiannis Doukas, Eftychia Panayiotou and Sam Riviere. New fiction from Christos Ikonomou and Panos Karnezis. Plus Laurence Howarth and Laura Gottesdiener on the cuisine of Occupy.
Are you looking for German literature? Judith Schalansky, Jan Brandt, Peter Stamm, Demetri Martin, Paul Maliszewski, Tilman Rammstedt, Marjana Gaponenko and Anthea Bell.
Fiction from Kevin Barry, Lydia Davis, D.W. Wilson and Nuala Ní Chonchúir. Poetry by Joe Dunthorne. And a charity matter: eleven orphaned short-story openings by Zsuzsi Gartner, looking for a home.
No A's. Bears in the forest by Amy Leach. Plus Banville speaks. Plus a lot of bears and two beautiful short stories by Bridget O'Connor. Plus David Rakoff and more bears, some drawn by Neal Jones.
One essay from Javier Marias on hating The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Why? You'll have to read the thing. Plus artwork by Tucker Nichols and Emily Robertson.
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.