Foolish HeroinesJanina Reston is a language expert, translating fiendishly tricky Arabic and Asian mathematical and scientific texts. Words are her world. But she cant find any to share with her husband Owen. Instead, she confides in a spider named Gladys (who may or may not be her deceased grandmother). She lives in an ordinary city suburb where extraordinary things happen. Lilys husband dies in a strange accident with a milk bottle, while Fatima writes biographies

Pictures such as those showing the construction of Tamarkan Bridge

Reaper and Sandra are soon embroiled in a bloody struggle for power that threatens to engulf and then enslave most of the country

‘The Wall’

poets from all participating countries will be invited to London and MPT will publish a selection of translations of their poems

Born in St Vincent

Celia de Fréine

and track Thomas’s progress as a reviewer and writer

Children of the Water by Ibtihal Salem

Papercuts gives a glimpse of life

” — Bali Rai

Anne Cluysenaar

Esther Rosenbaum could give Nigella Lawson a run for her money: she is the creator of chocolate hearts stuffed with saffron pen nibs