Best books for august

Illustrations by Chris Bentham Out 7 August (Atlantic Books, £16.99) This looks like another smash hit from the reliable Shteyngart, renowned author of Super Sad True Love Story and Our Country Friend

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Embrace high summer’s botanical bounty by getting hands-on with a floral workshop. Browse the events by Flowers from the Farm members (flowersfromthefarm.co.uk) for course options, such as a dahlia ma

by Liz Fenwick (£9.99, PB, HarperCollins) Newlyn, Cornwall. Kerensa is sent by her father’s auction house to catalogue a ramshackle building overlooking the sea. What she discovers inside changes her

by Hazel Gaynor (£16.99, HarperCollins, HB) The greatest journeys will test your courage. Many years before Dorothy arrives in Oz, her aunt begins an unexpected adventure of her own. Emily Gale become

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month, plus Cathy Bramley shares her writing secrets