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Vanessa Santos on the Scottish folklore that inspired In Your Heart a Devil
I have absolute faith in the power of storytelling.
Theatre & Literature
Theatre and literature at The Cold Magazine. New writing for the stage and the page: playwrights and novelists in conversation, reviews, reading lists and the work we think deserves an audience.
The new gothic canon: a Halloween reading list
The gothic never disappeared; it simply moved house. Discover the recent novels that have helped reinvent the gothic for our…
GENERATION PODCAST: the new wave of broadcasters advocating for authentic storytelling
Explore the rise of the podcast phenomenon and its impact on media consumption in today's world of audio storytelling.
‘Be yourself but worse’: Luke Kennard on how he wrote Black Bag
'Be yourself but worse': Booker-shortlisted Luke Kennard on how he wrote his novel Black Bag, humour and darkness on the…
‘We wanted books that took risks’: the 2026 Booker Prize Shortlist is here
“Don’t be nostalgic for a great age of reading”, commands Dame Mary Beard, wearing a glittering sequin blazer. She has…
Raymond Antrobus explores deaf identity in The Quiet Ear
"How do you scaffold the wide, expansive possibility of a deaf life?"
Read an excerpt from Rosie Turner’s queer dating guide, Girlfriend Material
The number one question I get asked on social media is: “How is dating a woman different from dating a…
Luis López Carrasco on writing The White Desert: a nuclear love story
We’re unsure what, exactly, has happened, or where our protagonists, long-time couple Carlos and Aitana, have found themselves.
Step aside, Sappho! Meet the Scottish lesbian poet hiding in a 500-year-old manuscript
Ashley Douglas, unravels the story of Marie Maitland’s secret lesbian love poetry
Karishma Jobanputra’s debut collection, The Body of the Thing, will make you fall in love with short stories
“Normal Jean Baker of Troy”: the debut short story collection from a British-Indian writer listed for the Brick Lane Short…
Reading the Season: Autumn
With summer ending, it’s time to turn to autumn reading — beginning with a man’s voice coming from the well.
Why do we know so little about the women who raise us? ‘And I Am the Arrow’ looks for the answer
From Lost Lambs to Lázár, writers are exploring secrets, power and inheritance. Pia Ghosh-Roy asks how well we can ever…
Are influencers supporting book bans?
Sixty years ago the Vatican abolished its ban on sexually explicit books. The Church was still at it when the…
