At Goldsmiths CCA, the group’s darkly comic grotesqueries reflect an unsettling age
A show at London’s Cabinet Gallery gives insight into the great writer’s most troubled period
‘It would be easy to cry to this tune, but difficult to dance to it’
A newly-published collection of the artist’s journals allows silenced voices to speak
Human playthings and disfigured dolls in the work of Jean-Marie Appriou, Veit Laurent Kurz, Kris Lemsalu and Athena Papadopoulos
The importance of satire in an era of Trump
Could online communication provide a new model for contemporary writing? Patrick Langley on two debut novels from George Saunders and Samanta Schweblin
The final instalment of Patrick Langley's digest of recent monster books: Patrick Ness’s, A Monster Calls
‘Unreflective nostalgia can breed monsters’ – Paul Kingsnorth's Beast (2016)
Three beastly new novels. Part one: Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent
Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
A number of young artists such as Patrick Goddard, Marie Jacotey and Stuart Middleton are exploring the possibilites of the graphic novel
