For a while, Ian, Lauren and Paul shared the same friends, the same university, the same dreams and the same potential. Ten years on they are worlds apart. But when Lauren, in a moment of nostalgia, cracks open a long-forgotten Hotmail account, she comes face to face with the people these three friends used to be...

David Eagleman's bestselling, sparkling and provocative book on neuroscience now part of the Canongate Canons series

A wildly original collection of poetry and prose from one of the UK's most exciting comics

The Sunday Times-bestselling book from the multi-award-winning author of The Outrun - on the ecology of love and heartbreak, the urban environment and the digital age

The hilariously offbeat and surprisingly moving new book from the author of the acclaimed No One Belongs Here More Than You

The only oral, composite biography of Jack Kerouac. Being reissued, with a revised introduction,in the year of the film of his most famous novel, On the Road.

'Put Moby Dick, Treasure Island and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner into a pot, add a pinch of Dickens, and you will get the flavour of Carol Birch's hugely entertaining novel.' Mail on Sunday

Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of parties and drink too many bellinis. He's not expecting to meet the spellbinding Laura, who will completely transform his few days in the city.