'I guess I'm a weirdo' — Benjamin Myers on crop circles and being a loner

Anita Heiss, Tony Birch and SJ Norman grapple with the past

'They're about real things' — Madeline Miller on the popularity of Greek myths

'I got obsessed with horses' — Geraldine Brooks on her novel Horse

Meg Mason's surprise success with Sorrow and Bliss

'I wish I’d had more resolution of character' — Booker winner Damon Galgut on privilege and power

Lessons in life, mortality and love from Julian Barnes

Moon colonies and the 'Mandelverse' with Emily St John Mandel

Family troubles with Steve Toltz, Audrey Magee and Toni Jordan

Queer stories with Douglas Stuart, Indyana Schneider and Omar Sakr

Mum’s the word with Dawn French, Douglas Stuart, Anne Enright, Alice Pung and more

Jennifer Down and Jonathan Franzen relive the 1970s

Hannah Kent and Michelle Johnston unearth the past

Jennifer Egan's Goon Squad follow-up

Kári Gíslason gives new life to an old Icelandic saga

Mythology and Marlon James — Moon Witch, Spider King

Recovery and 'ridey men' — Marian Keyes and Again, Rachel

Karen Joy Fowler targets John Wilkes Booth, America's first presidential assassin

Craig Silvey, Tony Birch and Dervla McTiernan’s joy of reading

Isabel Allende writes about her mother, Markus Zusak gets your fanmail