Editors' picks
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Inner vision
Podcast: Novelist Nick Harkaway talks about fatherhood and secrets in his new novel Tigerman, while psychoanalist Josh Cohen explains how social media is damaging the interior life -
Tuning in
Inner voices: Hearing the human voice was central to the Charles Dickens's technique. He claimed that he did not invent, but merely wrote down what he heard and imagined
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An insightful, gossipy and global view of our literary future
Stuart Kelly on a wonderful compendium of possible futures and striking directions for literature, gathered from the Edinburgh world writers' conference -
Faces of the festival
From George RR Martin to Phill Jupitus and Ali Smith, Murdo MacLeod has been turning his lens on the authors appearing at the Edinburgh book festival -
George RR Martin: '"Selfies"! If I could burn out every camera phone, I'd do it'
Interview: The Game of Thrones author talks to Mark Lawson about celebrity, Scotland and the unused material that he's tempted to publish
Do characters speak to you when you read – or are you more affected by the author’s voice? In response to a survey investigating what hearing voices means to writers, we asked readers for their experiences. Here are some of your responses
commenting on Phill Jupitus, Hannah Silva, Hollie McNish and the poetry of protest