Granta 142

animal (noun): 'Any such living organism other than a human being'
human being (noun): 'A man, woman, or child of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other animals by superior mental development, power of articulate speech, and upright stance'
LOLcat (noun): 'A photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous caption written typically in a misspelled and grammatically incorrect version of English'
Fiction: Steven Dunn, Cormac James, Ben Lasman, Christina Wood Martinez, Yoko Tawada, Joy Williams, Nell Zink
Non-Fiction: Nadeem Aslam, John Connell, Diane Cook, Cal Flyn, Adam Foulds, Rebecca Giggs, Arnon Grunberg, Aman Sethi
Plus: Ben Crane, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Adam Nicolson, Dbc Pierre, Christine Schutt, Esther Woolfson, Evie Wyld
Poetry: Emily Critchley, Dorothea Lasky, Ko Ko Thett
Photography: Britta Jaschinski, Elliot Ross, introduced by Alexander Macleod, Helge Skodvin, introduced by Ned Beauman