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Anna Wood's debut short story collection slides from sharply observed comic dialogue to surrealism on the turn of a dime. These are sparkling, vividly alive stories to bolster you on a dark night, more fortifying than a shot of whisky, to make you sing with pleasure and the triumph of the will.

The latest addition to The Indigo Press's Mood Indigo series of polemical essays sees Sam Mills, author of the acclaimed novel The Quiddity of Will Self, investigate the phenomena of what she terms 'chauvo-feminism', where men pose as 'woke' feminists, in order to advance their careers, while privately exhibiting chauvinistic attitudes.

Ogadinma, or Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the precocious and ambitious Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria's deeply-ingrained patriarchal systems in the 1980s. Ogadinma introduces a heroine it is impossible not to root for and announces Olisakwe as a gifted chronicler of the patriarchal experience.

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Harare, 2000. Gabrielle is a newly-qualified lawyer fighting for justice for a young girl. Ben is a charismatic junior diplomat. With pressure on Gabrielle to drop her case, they begin a love affair. But when they both fall victim to a shocking attack, their lives splinter across continents, forcing Gabrielle on a journey towards self-realisation.

An essay about trauma, recovery and the full ramifications of sexual violence. Considers how trauma plays out in recurring forms in the fabric of cultures, governments, judicial systems and relationships.

In surrealist artist Paul Klee's 'The Twittering Machine', the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for relationship with social media. Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. Like drug addicts, we are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and...

The troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring is explored in a collection taking its form from the "One Thousand And One Nights". A storyteller gives accounts from his childhood in Damascus, and the oppression there for his sexuality, to keep his dying partner engaged in the world, Death looming nearby.

The first in a new crime series from the author of the "Makana" novels presents the story of two bodies discovered, a detective and an ex-soldier put on the case, and an enthralling story of betrayal in the aftermath of the War on Terror ensuing.

Six entwined contemporary Los Angeles lives are a canvas for violence, heartache and yearning, in what Michael Connelly describes as a piece of work 'destined to be a classic LA novel'.

In an essay that combines bold reportage, memoir and critical analysis, a leading writer of Zimbabwe's `born-free' generation offers a critical analysis of the November 2017 ousting of Robert Mugabe, radically reframing the cultural and political history of Zimbabwe to include the perspectives of workers, women and urban movements.