This fabulous German-Brazilian artist has crafted an enchanting world steeped in magical realism, her third full-length album unfolding like a haunting fable and populated by sirens, ghostly apparitions, and romantic melancholy. Tracks like ‘Fading Faces’…

Rabble rousers The Empty Page are one of the most exhilarating alt-rock outfits plying their trade today, and they’ll be kicking up a right old fuss when they visit Newcastle this November. Seeing The Empty Page live is akin to someone shoving a Hoover…

Daunt Books is doing a fine job in reissuing Beryl Bainbridge’s novels, all with new forewords (this one’s from Yiyun Li), and ‘An Awfully Big Adventure’ is one of her finest. Set in a drab, post-war 1950s Liverpool, the story follows fifteen-year-old Ste…