Verso Books | Frieze

From a debut novel by Stephanie Wambugu to Maggie Nelson’s analysis of Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath, the frieze team recommend the new books they’re most excited about

BY Ivana Cholakova, Andrew Durbin, Marko Gluhaich, Cassie Packard, Vanessa Peterson, Lou Selfridge, Chloe Stead AND Brooke Wilson | 17 Sep 25

Opinion

Alva Gotby’s Vision for a Utopian Housing Solution

An urgent new book presents a housing vision centred on collectivity and communal living

BY Holly Pester | 08 Jan 25

Books , Opinion

Vigdis Hjorth’s Fraught Depiction of Motherhood

Eloise Hendy interrogates the complexities of merciless mother-daughter bonds in the author's latest book Is Mother Dead

BY Eloise Hendy | 26 Oct 22

Interviews

Mapping a Gentrifying London with Laura Grace Ford’s ‘Savage Messiah’

The artist and psychogeographer discusses building on the protests of the past

BY Juliet Jacques | 08 Oct 19