Joan Macdonald started working out after some health problems. Now she inspires others

Book review: Journalist Nell Frizzell wanted a baby but her bodyclock was a time bomb

Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone on sudden success as slimming-recipe writers

Living apart can offer individuals space, but it can also mean issues go unresolved

Debut novel already lined up for film version lacks the style of less heralded new releases

The year’s best novels and collections from emerging authors at home and abroad

Gail Honeyman’s moving, inventive debut is about a young woman set apart from society because of trauma

A highly unorthodox detective story sees a bipolar woman investigate her brother’s suicide

Paula Cocozza’s beguiling first novel charts the love affair between a lonely woman and a flirtatiously fantastic fox

Cocozza’s debut novel ‘How to be Human’ explores wilderness and isolation in the city