The author on being mesmerised by The Virgin Suicides, the life‑changing Toni Morrison – and the book that’s too devastating to reread

Authors’ sketches, early editions and movie props all feature in a new exhibition exploring the long history of the genre

In ancient myth – and novels by authors from Neil Gaiman to Toni Morrison – these ambiguous figures are sometimes repressive, sometimes inspiring

An extraordinary collection of surreal tales takes in time travel, molluscs and monks

Inner demons surface with surprising results in these explorations of alienation and mental deterioration