Firing the starting pistol on our outdoors special, Ellie Carr tracks the phenomenal rise of running clubs. There are collectives which bond over croissants and groups that make members feel safe within a community.

The academic and historian's epic history of books, bookshops and the printing trade is meticulously researched, occasionally racy and undeniably dense. By Ellie Carr

The author of Hex and The Panopticon returns with a darky comic, bleakly bureaucratic vision of the afterlife. By Ellie Carr.

"A new sound but still the voice not just of those who grew up in the aftermath of The Troubles, but of disaffected and disenfranchised youth (and yes, middle youth) who see Kneecap as a Northern (Irish) star."