Encourage kids to get writing this National Stationery Week with the right desk candy 

From Mary Beard on Ancient Rome to tales of Soviet espionage, delve into the past with these recently published works

From reissued classics to new and exciting voices, here are the reads which analyse and celebrate women in society

From explorations of autism to a real-life Romeo and Juliet story, here are the novels to get everyone interested

Whether you have designs on Hendrix or just want to be a bedroom rockstar, these are the instruments to get things going

Lose yourself in an alternate reality with a gripping read

Start off the new academic year with the best intentions with a clever planner

Cure Comic-Con envy with exciting new reads from publishers big and small 

To celebrate Bike Week and the start of the Tour de France, we find inspirational works for fans of life on two wheels

From Scandi crime noir to family sagas, we got engrossed in page-turners for your holiday

Encourage the kids to don their mini chef hats and get stuck in in the kitchen with our pick of books for budding cooks

From Medieval England to murder, hedonism and love in the modern world, IndyBest finds new reads you won’t be able to put down this spring

With just two days to go until the new year, IndyBest finds stationery to keep you organised in 2015

Entertain little minds and encourage early reading skills with our best books for three-to-five-year-olds

Whether it’s their first day at school, uni or a new project, treat the student in your life to some smart stationery

From veggie classics to fresh new ideas for meat-free meals, we cook up a storm to find the most inspiring recipe books for herbivores – and carnivores too

Keep little minds busy and creative this Easter holiday with one of these kits for making and doing

It’s National Stationery Week and the IndyBest team are celebrating the art of writing. These ballpoints, rollerballs and fountain pens will help you to make your mark on a page

There’s never been a better time than the present to get back into letter writing as national stationery week approaches. Although we communicate with each other more than ever before, unlike our grandparents - or even parents - our emails are unlikely to be loving preserved as their letters have been.