Our pick of the best titles about photography published this year – each one will make an ideal festive season gift for lovers of the medium…

→ Last Sunday I did a talk at the Anteros Arts Foundation, an art gallery and charity in Norwich. It was a fundraiser for Anteros, as I have had a studio there and love what they do. The story I offer

THIS MONTH Barn owls

The latest winners of Bird Photographer of the Year were as stunning as ever. Jade Burrell writes about the contest and the overall winner as we showcase our favourites

Whether winter-faded ferns, the spindly harvestman or the tyrannical stare of an irate chicken, through-lines from the prehistoric to our modern age are all around us in November, says John Lewis-Stempel

Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months