Gatsby-fever is sweeping the nation, with 1920’s-themed club nights, hairstyles, fashion and music everywhere in the media. 

This week , Baz Lurhmann’s hugely anticipated take on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story of obsessive love, empty lives, jaw-dropping wealth and killer parties is finally released. 

Picador is thrilled to be involved in the excitement, publishing the official film-tie in edition featuring an exclusive interview with the director. 

We have a pair of tickets to the press (not red carpet) screening, taking place TOMORROW, May 15th at 7 pm, to give away.

Read on for more details

During the many wars that he has lived through, Qais and his family travelled around their country in order to stay alive. Sometimes their intention was to leave their homeland; sometimes it was only to escape from the violence that broke out to safety nearby.

In these maps, you can see his home and the paths of his family's journeys.

The author will be reading from and discussing his latest book, Lost At Sea. A collection of mini-adventure stories from the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test and The Men Who Stare at Goats.

Set in Hampstead in the sweltering heat of the summer of 1989, Meeting the English follows Struan Roberts, a Scot newly arrived in London and bound for the house of Phillip Prys, a literary giant who has suffered a massive stroke and who now needs constant care. To Struan, the leafy streets of Hampstead and the excruciating heat of London are entirely foreign, as are the strange and careless people who live there. It is to be a life-changing summer . . .