New fiction from Gail Jones, S A Cosby and Seán Hewitt

Fiction from all over the world, crossing genres, borders and ideas in American crime writer S A Cosby's King of Ashes, a gripping tale of family, smoke, and fire; Irish writer Sean Hewitt’s Open, Heaven, a beautifully woven story about longing, escape and memory; and, first up, The Name of the Sister, the latest from acclaimed Australian literary novelist Gail Jones.BOOKS Gail Jones, The Name of the Sister, Text S A Cosby, King of Ashes, Headline Seán Hewitt, Open, Heaven, Jonathan Cape GUESTS Toby Schmitz, actor, playwright and author – whose historical crime novel The Empress Murders has just been released Steve MinOn, writer whose debut novel First Name Second Name was published in March of this year OTHER BOOKS MENTIONEDAlan Hollinghurst, worksDiana Preston, A Higher Form of KillingMartin Amis, Time's ArrowMax Porter, Grief is the Thing with FeathersDahlia de la Cerda, Reservoir BitchesGarth Jones, Black PillsLaura Elvery, NightingaleCREDITSPresenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullaghProducer, Kate Evans and Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Harvey O'SullivanExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown