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From the esoteric to the sonic, tQ’s bookshelf revealed
On the day that would mark the inimitable writer's centennial birthday, Darran Anderson considers the lifetime's work of a true genius and a true bullshit artist, and how - on issues as pressingly contemporary-seeming as censorship, surveillance and the War on Drugs - his work is as relevant now as it's ever been
Marking the paperback release of her much-talked-about second novel, The Flamethrowers, Jess Cotton speaks to author and journalist Rachel Kushner about the artistic magnetism of the 1970s, the influence of the visual arts and working with the idea of the gaze in her writing
Nicola Meighan speaks with the broadcaster, writer and musician about exactly what makes punk "punk", his book, Songs in the Key of Fife, the musical influence and offspring of that eponymous county, and matching speed metal near beat-for-beat
Not one to be left out, the Quietus Literary Supplement offers up a (not-quite-so-comprehensive) list of its own - our favourite books of 2013, and possible gems of the year-to-come - compiled by friends, contributors and our very own editors
In her essay - 'How Long 'Til Black Future Month? The Toxins of Speculative Fiction, and the Antidote that is Janelle Monáe' - from Adventure Rocketship! Let’s All Go To The Science Fiction Disco, NK Jemisin discusses racism in the genre (on its pages and elsewhere) and the artist as its unlikely saviour
In the first of a series of editor-on-author interviews, Giancarlo DiTrapano of Tyrant speaks to his friend and author Scott McClanahan about life in West Virginia, respecting your audience and having (or not having) beef with George Saunders
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