We're thrilled to announce the shortlist for this year's Book Prize: six books covering foreign policy, religion, dissidents, Alexei Navalny, Russia’s borderland and the Crimean Tatars.

Learn more about the Book Prize here and book tickets to the Award Ceremony on 19 June here.

Green Mountains: Walking the Caucasus with Recipes by Caroline Eden.

Part travelogue and part cookbook, Green Mountains offers fascinating insights into the food, geography, cultures and histories of Armenia and Georgia, and is filled with stories and recipes collected along the way.

We spoke with Caroline about the inspiration you can gain from walking, the books which guided her journey, and her favourite dishes from Georgia and Armenia – as well as which ones she would serve at a fantasy dinner party. You can read the interview here and buy the book here.

Our favourite reads from this month!

A journey through the Carpathian mountains, a history of smuggling books across the Iron Curtain, and a story of musicians under Stalin; as well as literature by Andrey Kurkov, Vasily Grossman, Leonid Tsypkin and Shahzoda Samarqandi.

Browse the books here.