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Granta's summer issue tackles conflict in all its forms.

The story unfolds during a pivotal weekend when the protagonist's father unexpectedly departs, leaving her to raise her younger sibling, Nickie, alone. The father's confidence in her abilities adds pressure as she navigates the challenges of single-handedly managing their lives. Themes of responsibility, family dynamics, and the emotional impact of abandonment are explored as she grapples with her new role and the uncertainty of her father's absence.

Our winter issue is themed around losses emotional, physical and historical.Our winter issue features Raymond Antrobus on performer Johnnie Ra y, Marina Benjamin on playing professional blackjack, Chanelle Benz on searching for a homeland, Annie Ernaux (tr. Alison L. Strayer) on what affairs can help us bear, Richard Eyre on his grandfathers, Des Fitzgerald on losing his brother, Caspar Henderson on the sounds in space, Amitava Kumar on India today, Emily Labarge on PTSD, Michael Moritz on antisemitism in Wales, Roger Reeves on visiting a former site of slavery, Xiao Yue Shan on Iceland. Granta 162 will include fiction by Carlos Fonseca (tr. Megan McDowel l), Maylis de Kerangal (tr. Jessica Moore ) and Catherine Lacey, as well as photography by Cian Oba-Smith , introduced by Gary Younge , and Aaron Schuman , introduced by Sigrid Rausing .

Published in book form four times a year, Granta is respected around the world for its mix of outstanding new fiction, poetry, reportage, memoir, photography and art.

‘After so many years of feeling that some Event was due, that something vast must surely happen, something vast happened. Is happening.’ from ‘Spring’ by China MiévilleThis issue reflects on confinement, escape and paying attention, as writers and artists respond to the pandemic.Four times a year, Britain's most prestigious literary magazine brings you the best new fiction, reportage, memoir, poetry and photography from around the world.

Published four times a year, Granta is respected around the world for its mix of outstanding contemporary writing, art and photography. This summer issue of Granta features fiction by Jesse Ball, Eva Freeman, Okwiri Oduor, Tao Lin, Adam O'Fallon Price, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Kathryn Scanlan and Diane Williams. Granta 156: Interiors includes poetry by Kaveh Akbar, Sasha Debvec-McKenny, Gboyega Odubanjo and Nick Laird, as well as memoir by Chris Dennis, Debra Gwartney, Sandra Newman and Ruchir Joshi. With photography by Robbie Lawrence, introduced by Colin Herd, and Kaitlin Maxwell, introduced by Lynne Tillman.

"This 150th issue of Granta celebrates language, showcasing some of the most inventive writers of fiction today.

Four times a year, Britain's most prestigious literary magazine brings you the best in contemporary fiction, memoir, reportage, poetry and photography from around the world.This issue features Lindsey Hilsum, author of the award-winning In Extremis, on cholera in Hutu refugee camps; Ian Jack on the toxic slag heaps of Glasgow and the aristocratic lives built on them; memoir by Vidyan Ravinthiran and Rory Gleeson; and poetry by Jason Allen-Paisant and Anthony Anaxagorou. Plus, new fiction from Paul Dalla Rosa, shortlisted for the 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, and Gwendoline Riley, author of First Love.

Since the first 'Best of Young British Novelists' issue in 1983, Granta has championed the work of authors who have changed the landscape of British literature. In 1983, featured writers included Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, Martin Amis and Pat Barker, among many others. Subsequent editions have highlighted the work of Zadie Smith, Nicola Barker, Ben Okri, Jeanette Winterson and others. In 2023, we will introduce readers around the world to a cohort of outstanding new British voices. The judging panel for 2023 features authors Tash Aw, Rachel Cusk, Brian Dillon and Helen Oyeyemi, and will be chaired by Granta editor Sigrid Rausing.

From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each issue of Granta turns the attention of the world's best writers on to one aspect of the way we live now. This winter issue will feature Fatima Bhutto on her dog Coco, Andrew McMillan on the Goosebumps series, as well as non-fiction by Chris Dennis and Jacob Dlamini and fiction by Debbie Urbanski and Julie Hecht.