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March 13, 2021:

· My Father Was Famous as John Le Carre. My Mother Was His Crucial, Covert Collaborator · Nick Cornwell · ar [Ref. John le Carre]

March 22, 2021:

· Douglas Adams’ Note to Self Reveals Author Found Writing Torture · Mark Brown · ar [Ref. Douglas Adams]

March 24, 2021:

· Campaign to Buy JRR Tolkien’s Oxford House Fails · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]

March 31, 2021:

· Larry McMurtry Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Larry McMurtry]

April 3, 2021:

· Salman Rushdie on Midnight’s Children at 40: “India Is No Longer the Country of This Novel” · Salman Rushdie · ar

April 5, 2021:

· Soviet Version of Lord of the Rings Discovered After 30 Years · Andrew Roth · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]

April 15, 2021:

· Rathbones Folio Prize Paid £30,000 to Scammers Posing as the Winner · Sian Cain · ar [Ref. Valeria Luiselli]

April 20, 2021:

· Terry Pratchett’s Novel Turns 50: “At 17 He Showed Promise of a Brilliant Mind” · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Terry Pratchett]

April 23, 2021:

· “My Novel Now Feels Unnerving”: Authors Who Predicted the Pandemic · Christina Sweeney-Baird · ar

May 3, 2021:

· “I’m Bursting with Fiction”: Alan Moore Announces Five-Volume Fantasy Epic · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Alan Moore]

May 17, 2021:

· “People sneer at the things women and girls love” · Sian Cain · iv [Ref. Leigh Bardugo]

May 29, 2021:

· “As a Woman, I’m Aware of the Limitations of Tech” · Liesl Schillinger · ar [Ref. Tahmima Anam]

June 7, 2021:

· “The Beat Went On”: What Happened to Jan Kerouac, Jack’s Forgotten Daughter · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Jan Kerouac]

June 19, 2021:

· Douglas Coupland on Generation X at 30: “Generational Trashing Is Eternal” · Douglas Coupland · ar

June 28, 2021:

· Why Do Writers Need Agents? to Keep Track of the Rejections · Chris Paling · ar

July 10, 2021:

· “Writing the End Was Really Emotional” · Suzi Feay · ar [Ref. Christopher Fowler]

July 16, 2021:

· “You Don’t Have to Be Disabled to Write About Disability, but You’d Better Get It Right” · Jarred McGinnis · ar

July 30, 2021:

· “Campaigners Push to Revive Fame of Working-Class Novelist” · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Ethel Carnie Holdsworth]

August 2, 2021:

· Mo Hayder Obituary · Mark Billingham · ob [Ref. Mo Hayder]

August 28, 2021:

· Sally Rooney on the Hell of Fame: “It Doesn’t Seem to Work for Anyone” · Emma Brockes · ar [Ref. Sally Rooney]

August 29, 2021:

· A Master of Self-Promotion: Letters Revealed How Philip Roth “Hustled” for Prizes · Dalya Alberge · ar

September 1, 2021:

· “I Guess I’m Having a Go at Killing It”: Salman Rushdie to Bypass Print and Publish Next Book on Substack · Shelley Helpworth · ar [Ref. Salman Rushdie]

September 3, 2021:

· “Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman Taught Me to Be Courageous in Writing” · Susanna Clarke · ar [Ref. Neil Gaiman]

September 16, 2021:

· And Then There Were Two: Novel Thought to Have Inspired Agatha Christie Gets First UK Publication · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning]

September 17, 2021:

· How the 21st Century Would Have Disappointed HG Wells · Elif Shafak · ar [Ref. H. G. Wells]

September 21, 2021:

· Richard Osman’s Second Book Is One of the Fastest-Selling Novels Since Records Began · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Richard Osman]

October 5, 2021:

· Robert Richardson Obituary · Mike Ripley · ob [Ref. Robert Richardson]

October 25, 2021:

· “You don’t want to have a brilliant idea for a novel at the age of 87” · Alison Flood · iv [Ref. Alan Garner]

November 14, 2021:

· Wilbur Smith Obituary · Mike Ripley · ob [Ref. Wilbur Smith]

November 15, 2021:

· Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Documentary 40 Years in the Making · David Smith · ar [Ref. Kurt Vonnegut]

November 23, 2021:

· Outlander Author Diana Gabaldon: “I Needed Scotsmen Because of the Kilt Factor” · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Diana Gabaldon]

· Tolkien Estate Blocks “JRR Token” Cryptocurrency · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]

December 3, 2021:

· “The Chronicles of Narnia Are Atrociously Written” · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Alan Garner]

December 6, 2021:

· “A Sense of Discovery”: Philip Pullman on Religion, School Plays and The Book of Dust · Arifa Akbar · iv [Ref. Philip Pullman]

December 7, 2021:

· Feminist Retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four Approved by Orwel’s Estate · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. George Orwell]

December 9, 2021:

· How Will Humanity Endure the Climate Crisis? I Asked an Acclaimed Sci-fi Writer · Daniel Aldana Cohen · iv [Ref. Kim Stanley Robinson]

· “Help! I’ve been spotted!” Terry Pratchett on Thief, His Favourite Video Game · Rick Lane · ar [Ref. Terry Pratchett]

December 15, 2021:

· Anne Rice Obituary · David Barnett · ob [Ref. Anne Rice]

December 17, 2021:

· A Christmas Carol’s Lesser-Known Successor Gets Its Place in the Spotlight · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens]

January 7, 2022:

· Michel Houellebecq Envisages 2027 French Election in Latest Novel Destroy · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. Michel Houellebecq]

January 11, 2022:

· Jacqueline Wilson Is a Perfect Pick to Reinvent Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Jacqueline Wilson & Enid Blyton]

January 15, 2022:

· “The Collapse of Humanity Is Deathly Funny”: Gary Shteyngart on Writing Comedy in Difficult Times · Gary Shteyngart · ar

January 25, 2022:

· Malorie Blackman on Seeing Her Sci-fi Novel About a Pig Heart Transplant Come True · Malorie Blackman · ar

January 26, 2022:

· Official Biography of Terry Pratchett to Be Published · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Terry Pratchett]

· Terry Pratchett Estate Backs Jack Monroe’s Idea for “Vimes Boots” Poverty Index · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Terry Pratchett]

February 4, 2022:

· “If I Need Cheering Up, Jamie Oliver’s Recipes Usually Help” · David Mitchell · ar

February 16, 2022:

· PJ O’Rourke Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. P. J. O’Rourke]

February 26, 2022:

· Unseen JRR Tolkien Paintings, Photographs, and Video Clips Released · Harriet Sherwood · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]

· Violence Is Violent and Sex Is Sexy. You Are Supposed to Be Appalled · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Marlon James]

· When Done Right, Horror Is a Transformative Experience · Hephzibah Anderson · ar [Ref. Catriona Ward]

February 28, 2022:

· Edgar Allan Poe’s Pocket Watch Among Donations to Museum · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe]

March 6, 2022:

· “I’m a Boring Writer; I’m Not Going to Tell You” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Karen Joy Fowler]

March 23, 2022:

· “We Are Back in His Company” le Carré Returns in a Revealing Collection of Private Letters · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. John le Carré]

March 25, 2022:

· “I Would Not Be Free to Express My Opinion”: Philip Pullman Steps Down as Society of Authors President · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Philip Pullman]

April 9, 2022:

· “Readers have tattoos from Station Eleven. It blows my mind” · Emma Brockes · iv [Ref. Emily St. John Mandel]

April 10, 2022:

· Jack Higgins Obituary · Mike Ripley · ob [Ref. Jack Higgins]

April 22, 2022:

· “Villanelle Will Be Back!” Killing Eve’s Author Speaks Out Over the Catastrophic TV Finale · Luke Jennings · ar

· “Life is short, so you have to get on with it”: AF Steadman on Unicorns, Leaving Law and Her Record-Breaking Book Deal · Claire Armistead · iv [Ref. A. F. Steadman]

April 29, 2022:

· “Whatever I Loved About Enid Blyton Isn’t There When I Go Back as an Adult” · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Neil Gaiman]

May 3, 2022:

· Elspeth Barker Obituary · Alexandra Pringle · ob [Ref. Elspeth Barker]

May 6, 2022:

· Neal Adams Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Neal Adams]

May 24, 2022:

· Atwood Responds to Book Bans with “Unburnable” Edition of Handmaid’s Tale · Martin Pengelly · ar [Ref. Margaret Atwood]

May 30, 2022:

· George Perez Obituary · Steve Holland · ob [Ref. George Perez]

June 9, 2022:

· Unseen Works by “Queen of Gothic Fiction” Published · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Shirley Jackson]

June 10, 2022:

· Miles Franklin Prize Removes Novel from Longlist After Apologies for Plagiarism · Anna Verney · ar [Ref. John Hughes]

June 15, 2022:

· Parts of John Hughes’ Novel The Dogs Copied from The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina · Anna Verney · ar [Ref. John Hughes]

June 18, 2022:

· “I Used to Almost Fear Opening a Book” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Sarah Hall]

· “There Was Practically a Riot at King’s Cross”: An Oral History of Harry Potter at 25 · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. J. K. Rowling]

June 21, 2022:

· Malorie Blackman’s “Dynamic Imaginary Worlds” Win Her the PEN Pinter Prize · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Malorie Blackman]

June 30, 2022:

· “This Is a Perfect Novel”: Sally Rooney on the Book That Transformed Her Life · Sally Rooney · ar [Ref. Natalia Ginzburg]

July 7, 2022:

· Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London Series Are Set for TV Adaptation · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Ben Aaronovitch]

July 12, 2022:

· Frederick Nolan Obituary · Gwyn Headley · ob [Ref. Frederick Nolan]

July 27, 2022:

· Margaret Atwood to Publish “Highly Personal” Collection of Short Stories · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Margaret Atwood]

July 30, 2022:

· “I can’t do superheroes, but I can do gods”: Neil Gaiman on Comics, Diversity and Casting Death · John Harris Dunning · iv [Ref. Neil Gaiman]

July 31, 2022:

· Alan Grant Obituary · David Barnett · ob [Ref. Alan Grant]

August 13, 2022:

· Nanwali Serpell: “I Find Uncertainty Compelling in Literature” · Anthony Cummins · iv

August 15, 2022:

· Philip Purser Obituary · Mike Ripley · ob [Ref. Philip Purser]

August 16, 2022:

· “More Zeroes Than I’ve Seen in My Life”: The Author Who Got a Six-Figure Deal Via “BookTok” · Alison Flood · ar [Ref. Alex Aster]

August 18, 2022:

· Swedish Gaming Giant Buys Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Rights · Mark Sweney · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]

August 23, 2022:

· German Publisher Pulls Winnetou Books Amid Racial Stereotyping Row · Kate Connolly · ar [Ref. Karl May]

August 27, 2022:

· “I Just Wanted My Life to End”: The Mystery of Agatha Christie’s Disappearance · Lucy Worsley · ex [Ref. Agatha Christie]
from Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman forthcoming from Hodder & Stoughton (September 2022).

September 9, 2022:

· Peter Straub Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Peter Straub]

September 15, 2022:

· Javier Marías Obituary · Margaret Jull Costa · ob [Ref. Javier Marías]

September 17, 2022:

· “I Think I Was Good, Though I Could Have Been Better”: Terry Pratchett and the Writing of His Life · Rob Wilkins · ex from Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Doubleday, September 2022

September 22, 2022:

· Philip Pullman Calls for Inquiry Into Writers’ Trade Union the Society of Authors · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Philip Pullman]

September 23, 2022:

· Dame Hilary Mantel Obituary · Lisa Allardice · ob [Ref. Hilary Mantel]

September 27, 2022:

· The Jukebox Heart · Leonard Cohen · ss

· Tom Hanks Announces “Wildly Ambitious” New Novel · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Tom Hanks]

October 7, 2022:

· Brian Catling Obituary · Oliver Basciano · ob [Ref. Brian Catling]

· Watchman Creator Alan Moore: “I’m Definitely Done with Comics” · Sam Leith · ar [Ref. Alan Moore]

October 8, 2022:

· “There’s a Sri Lankan Gallows Humour—We’ve Been Through a Lot of Catastrophes” · John Self · ar [Ref. Shehan Karunatilaka]

· “Each Envelope Was a Treasure”: How I Became le Carre’s Friend and Reader · Philippe Sands · mm [Ref. John le Carre]

October 14, 2022:

· Peter Robinson Obituary · Peter Guttridge · ob [Ref. Peter Robinson]

October 15, 2022:

· “Thank God That’s Done” · Tim Lewis · iv [Ref. Malorie Blackman]

October 22, 2022:

· The Passenger · Cormac McCarthy · ex Picador, October 2022

· “Whatever I was going to be I wanted to be really good”: Cormac McCarthy’s Life in Writing · Richard B. Woodward · iv [Ref. Cormac McCarthy]

October 25, 2022:

· Descendant of Doctor Zhivago Author Loses Copyright Court Case · Haroon Siddique · ar [Ref. Boris Pasternak, Anna Pasternak & Lara Prescott]

October 29, 2022:

· Talking Typewriters and Slithering Eels: An Extract from Garth Marenghi’s Chilling New Novel · Garth Marenghi · ex
from TerrorTomes forthcoming from Hodder Studio (November 3, 2022).

· Garth Marenghi: “Many writers cite me as an influence…and I will be suing them all” · Rich Pelley · iv [Ref. Garth Marenghi]

· Jonathan Coe: “We’re a nation driven by emotion and not by reason” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Jonathan Coe]

November 5, 2022:

· “I Want to Open a Window in Their Souls”: Haruki Murakami on the Power of Writing Simply · Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel & Ted Goossen · ex from Novelist as a Vocation, Doubleday, November 2022
translated from the Japanese.

November 8, 2022:

· “If masterpiece means anything, it means Cat’s Cradle”: The Kurt Vonnegut Novels Everyone Should Read · John Self · ar [Ref. Kurt Vonnegut]

November 12, 2022:

· John Banville: “There’s been a creeping retreat into infantilism” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. John Banville]

November 16, 2022:

· Ink · Olivia Douglass · ss; winner of the 4thWrite prize for short story by a previously unpublished writer of colour, sponsored by the Guardian and publisher 4th Estate.

· Olivia Douglass Wins 4thWrite Prize for “Gripping” Short Story Ink · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Olivia Douglass]

November 17, 2022:

· Marcus Sedgwick, Celebrated Children’s Author, Dies Aged 54 · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Marcus Sedgwick]

November 18, 2022:

· The War Poets Were the Reason I Left the Army and Became a Writer · Michael Morpurgo · ar

· Recently Discovered Wind in the Willows Illustration to Be Sold at Auction · Sarah Shafti · ar [Ref. E. H. Shepard]

· “Taking life advice from John Donne would be disastrous”—The Roof-Waling, Trapeze-Flying Baillie Gifford winner · Lisa Allerdice · iv [Ref. Katherine Rundell]

November 19, 2022:

· Melvin Burgess: “The Norse myths are full of sex and violence” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Melvin Burgess]

· If You Don’t Have Sex and Romance, You Feel Like You Haven’t Achieved · Lucy Knight · iv [Ref. Alice Oseman]

November 20, 2022:

· David English Obituary · Matthew Engel · ob [Ref. David English]

November 26, 2022:

· I’m Seen as a Still-Walking Dead White Man · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Will Self]

November 28, 2022:

· Martin Barker Obituary · Rosie Barker · ob [Ref. Martin Barker]

· “I believe literature is in peril”: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Comes Out Fighting for Freedom of Speech · Zoe Williams · iv [Ref. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]

December 1, 2022:

· Marcus Sedgwick Obituary · Julia Eccleshare · ob [Ref. Marcus Sedgwick]

· Bob Cattell Obituary · Bridget Taylor · ob [Ref. Bob Cattell]

December 2, 2022:

· Rodney Peppé Obituary · Barley Roscoe · ob [Ref. Rodney Peppé]

December 3, 2022:

· Midwinter Magic: Robert Macfarlane on the Enduring Power of The Dark Is Rising · Robert Macfarlane · ar [Ref. Susan Cooper]

December 5, 2022:

· “Hilary and I were both broken women”: Louise Penny on Writing a Political Thriller with Clinton · Alison Flood · iv [Ref. Louise Penny & Hillary Clinton]

December 8, 2022:

· “Johnny” Johnson obituary · Nigel Fountain · ob [Ref. George Leonard Johnson]

December 9, 2022:

· Marijane Meaker Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Marijane Meaker]

· A. M. Homes: “Richard Powers is the American novelist for the 21st century” · A. M. Homes · ar [Ref. Richard Powers]

December 10, 2022:

· Stories with Teeth: How Animal Tales Help Us Understand Humans · Katherine Rundell · ar [Ref. Richard Adams]

· Fran Lebowitz on Life Without the Internet: “If I’m cancelled, don’t tell me!” · Fiona Sturges · iv [Ref. Fran Lebowitz]

· Hilary Mantel Remembered by Ben Miles · Ben Miles · ar [Ref. Hilary Mantel]

December 12, 2022:

· “She’s writing in a state of emergency”: Lillian Hellman’s Thrilling Watch on the Rhine · David Jays · ar [Ref. Lillian Hellman]

· TerrorTome: Garth Marenghi Puts the “Boo” in Book Tour · Brian Logan · iv [Ref. Matthew Holness]

December 13, 2022:

· “Nobody was safe”: The Shocking, Dangerous Brilliance of Victor Lewis-Smith · Tim Worthington · ar [Ref. Victor Lewis-Smith]

· Shirley Hughes Remembered by Clara Vulliamy · Clara Vulliamy · ar [Ref. Shirley Hughes]

· Adrian Flynn Obituary · Paul Brodrick · ob [Ref. Adrian Flynn]

December 14, 2022:

· “Every goodbye ain’t gone”: Remembering the Life and Work of Valerie Boyd · Anoa Monsho · ar [Ref. Valerie Boyd]

· Ann Cleeves Loses Laptop Containing Draft of New Book in Shetland Blizzard · Nadia Knomami · ar [Ref. Ann Cleeves]

· Contest Challenges AI to Solve Legendary Literary Puzzle “Cain’s Jawbone” · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. E. Powys Mathers]

December 15, 2022:

· James Patterson to Complete Unfinished Michael Crichton Book · Benjamin Lee · ar [Ref. James Patterson & Michael Crichton]

· Writer Recovers Laptop Containing Half-Finished Novel After Shetland Blizzard · Christy Cooney · ar [Ref. Ann Cleeves]

· Victor Lewis-Smith Obituary · Stuart Jeffries · ob [Ref. Victor Lewis-Smith]

December 16, 2022:

· “I’m parking my guilt”: Confessions of a Celebrity Children’s Book Ghost Writer · [uncredited] · ar

December 17, 2022:

· “I’ve been banned since the beginning”: Jason Reynolds Talks to Joseph Coehlo · Joseph Coehlo · iv [Ref. Jason Reynolds]

· Innocence, Sex and War: Geoff Dyer on Why The Go-Between Is a Novel for Our Time · Geoff Dyer · ar [Ref. L. P. Hartley]

December 19, 2022:

· Geoffrey Elborn Obituary · R. M. Healey · ob [Ref. Geoffrey Elborn]

· The Norse Myths Are Full of Sex and Violence · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Melvin Burgess]

December 20, 2022:

· Andrew Nickolds Obituary · Matthew Engel · ob [Ref. Andrew Nickolds]

· Hans Magnus Enzensberger Obituary · Stuart Jeffries · ob [Ref. Hans Magnus Enzensberger]

December 21, 2022:

· Chris Boucher Obituary · Toby Hadoke · ob [Ref. Chris Boucher]

December 22, 2022:

· David Pownall Obituary · Michael Coveney · ob [Ref. David Pownall]

December 23, 2022:

· I Had to Grow Up Before I Could Cope with Middlemarch · Philip Pullman · ar

December 29, 2022:

· Greg Bear Obituary · Steve Holland · ob [Ref. Greg Bear]

January 1, 2023:

· Alison Selford Obituary · Ruth Lingford · ob [Ref. Alison Selford]

January 4, 2023:

· Writer Fay Weldon Dies Aged 91 · Richard Lea · ob [Ref. Fay Weldon]

· Fay Weldon: The Fearless Glass Ceiling Cracker Who Loved Being Outrageous · Jenny Colgan · ar [Ref. Fay Weldon]

· Fay Weldon Obituary · Claire Armistead · ob [Ref. Fay Weldon]

· David Gold, Joint-Chairman of West Ham United, Dies at Age of 86 · Jacob Steinberg · ar [Ref. David Gold]

January 5, 2023:

· Fay Weldon: A Defiant Writer Who Was Thoroughly Wised-Up · Alex Clark · ar [Ref. Fay Weldon]

January 6, 2023:

· I Was Introduced to James Baldwin’s Novels in Prison · Alex Wheatle · ar [Ref. Alex Wheatle]

January 11, 2023:

· Jeremy Bullmore Obituary · William Eccleshare · ob [Ref. Jeremy Bullmore]

· “My father ruled through pain”: Colin Grant on the Stories Behind I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be · Alex Mistlin · iv [Ref. Colin Grant]

· “Let the fun begin!” Why Did Romance Writer Susan Meachen Fake Her Own Death? · Arwa Mahdawi · ar [Ref. Susan Meachen]

January 13, 2023:

· Paul Johnson Obituary · Geoffrey Wheatcroft · ob [Ref. Paul Bede Johnson]

· Writing Wrongs: How True Crime Authors Can Fall Victim to Tragedy · Janice Hallett · ar [Ref. Truman Capote, Michelle McNamara, Maggie Nelson, David Kushner & Penny Farmer]

January 14, 2023:

· Bret Easton Ellis: “James and the Giant Peach changed my life” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Bret Easton Ellis]

· A Romance Novelist Came Back to Life. Angry Fans Say She Faked Her Death · J. Oliver Conroy · ar [Ref. Susan Meachen]

January 15, 2023:

· Ronald Blythe Obituary · Patrick Barkham · ob [Ref. Ronald Blythe]

January 17, 2023:

· Aonghas MacNeacail Obituary · Brian Wilson · ob [Ref. Aonghas MacNeacail]

January 18, 2023:

· Jonathan Raban, Travel Writer and Novelist, Dies Aged 80 · Sian Cain · ar [Ref. Jonathan Raban]

· Jonathan Raban: His Travel Writing Could Pierce Your Heart · Philip Marsden · ar [Ref. Jonathan Raban]

· Jonathan Raban Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Jonathan Raban]

· TS Eliot Prize Winner Anthony Joseph: How Poetry Helped Me Love My Absent Father · Sarah Shaffi · iv [Ref. Anthony Joseph]

January 19, 2023:

· Colin Thubron: “Simone de Beauvoir altered my ideas about women” · Colin Thubron · ar

January 21, 2023:

· Aleksandar Hemon: “A book isn’t a car—not everything has to work” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Aleksandar Hemon]

January 24, 2023:

· Graham Oakley Obituary · Julia Eccleshare · ob [Ref. Graham Oakley]

January 27, 2023:

· Reading The Bell Jar at 17 Was Immersive, Thrilling and Exhausting · Audrey Magee · ar

January 28, 2023:

· Some People Have Insisted on Reading the Book Backwards · Killian Fox · iv [Ref. Thomas Halliday]

· Memoirists Like Me Are Accused of Being Mercenary and Opportunistic · Blake Morrison · ar

January 29, 2023:

· My Mentor John Hughes Taught Me How to Write. Then He Plagiarised My Work · Joseph Earp · ar [Ref. John Hughes]

January 31, 2023:

· Salman Rushdie Will Not Promote New Novel After Attack · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Salman Rushdie]

February 2, 2023:

· Novelist Tom Bullough on His XR Arrest—and What Welsh Saints Can Teach Us About the Climate Crisis · Partick Barkham · iv [Ref. Tom Bullough]

February 3, 2023:

· My Scepticism About Monarchy Began at Six with a Ladybird Book · Joseph O’Connor · ar

February 6, 2023:

· Salman Rushdie Says He Feels Lucky and Grateful in First Interview Since Stabbing · Ramon Antonio Vargas · ar [Ref. Salman Rushdie]

· Val McDermid on Happy Valley: “TV Every Bit as Manipulative as Tommy Lee Royce” · Val McDermid · ar

· David Sutherland Obituary · Steve Holland · ob [Ref. David Sutherland]

February 7, 2023:

· Chris Peachment Obituary · Angus MacKinnon · ob [Ref. Chris Peachment]

· Richard Kell Obituary · Tim Kell · ob [Ref. Richard Kell]

February 10, 2023:

· After Reading Terry Pratchett, It Feels Like Something Is Missing from Most Fiction · Ned Beauman · ar [Ref. Terry Pratchett]

February 11, 2023:

· “I have a minor interest in gardening, but really it’s people” · Lisa O’Kelly · iv [Ref. Amy Bloom]

February 13, 2023:

· Georgina Hammick Obituary · Tessa Hadley · ob [Ref. Georgina Hammick]

· Anne Harvey Obituary · Susan Bailes · ob [Ref. Anne Harvey]

February 15, 2023:

· John Finnemore to Write Cain’s Jawbone Murder-Mystery Sequel · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Torquemada & John Finnemore]

February 18, 2023:

· Roald Dahl Books Rewritten to Remove Language Deemed Offensive · Hayden Vernon · ar [Ref. Roald Dahl]

· “I felt so much doubt after winning the Booker” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Eleanor Catton]

February 20, 2023:

· Let Kids Read for Fun Says New BookTrust Writer in Residence SF Said · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. S. F. Said]

February 22, 2023:

· Henry McDonald Obituary · Owen Bowcott · ob [Ref. Henry Patrick McDonald]

February 25, 2023:

· Widows · Margaret Atwood · ss

March 3, 2023:

· Bryant & May Novelist Christopher Fowler Has Died Aged 69 · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Christopher Fowler]

March 7, 2023:

· Wally Fawkes Obituary · George Melly · ob [Ref. Walter Fawkes]

March 11, 2023:

· “It would be fun to talk to Simone de Beauvoir” · Lisa O’Kelly · iv [Ref. Margaret Atwood]

March 12, 2023:

· Bill Tidy, Former Private Eye Cartoonist, Dies Aged 89 · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Bill Tidy]

March 15, 2023:

· Isabel Colegate Obituary · Polly Pattullo · ob [Ref. Isabel Colegate]

March 20, 2023:

· Christopher Fowler Obituary · Steve Holland · ob [Ref. Christopher Fowler]

· Bill Tidy Obituary · Roger Protz · ob [Ref. Bill Tidy]

March 29, 2023:

· DM Thomas Obituary · Nigel Jones · ob [Ref. D. M. Thomas]

April 8, 2023:

· Rachel Pollack, Trans Activist and Comic Book Writer, Dies Aged 77 · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Rachel Pollack]

April 12, 2023:

· Anne Perry, Killer Turned Crime Writer, Dies Aged 84 · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Anne Perry]

April 17, 2023:

· Rachel Pollack Obituary · Christopher Priest · ob [Ref. Rachel Pollack]

April 18, 2023:

· Anne Perry Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Anne Perry]

April 22, 2023:

· Barry Humphries, Australian Comedian and Creator of Dame Edna Everage, Dies Aged 89 · Sian Cain · ar [Ref. Barry Humphries]

· Barry Humphries Obituary · Peter Coleman · ob [Ref. Barry Humphries]

· “There was a period when I thought I’d never write again” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Celeste Ng]

· “We could unravel the secrets of the universe” · David Shariatmadari · iv [Ref. Michio Kaku]

April 24, 2023:

· Kate Saunders Obituary · Amanda Craig · ob [Ref. Kate Saunders]

May 20, 2023:

· Martin Amis, Era-Defining British Novelist, Dies Aged 73 · Sarah Shaffi · ar [Ref. Martin Amis]

· “You read to have a good time. Why else would people go on doing it?”: Martin Amis—A Life in Quotes · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Martin Amis]

· He Stamped His Style Over a Generation of Writers and Readers · John Self · ar [Ref. Martin Amis]

· Martin Amis Obituary · Boyd Tonkin · ob [Ref. Martin Amis]

· “I want to be the first human to imitate ChatGPT” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. M. John Harrison]

· “Who has the right to tell a story? It’s the wrong question to ask” · Rebecca Liu · iv [Ref. R. F. Kuang]

May 22, 2023:

· “He was ferociously intelligent—and very funny” · William Boyd · ar [Ref. Martin Amis]

May 25, 2023:

· Kenneth Anger Obituary · Ronald Bergan · ob [Ref. Kenneth Anger]

June 13, 2023:

· Cormac McCarthy, Celebrated US Novelist, Dies Aged 89 · Erum Salam, Alison Flood & Sian Cain · ar [Ref. Cormac McCarthy]

June 14, 2023:

· Cormac McCarthy Obituary · Eric Homberger · ob [Ref. Cormac McCarthy]

June 16, 2023:

· “Rural people are so angry they want to blow up the system” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Barbara Kingsolver]

June 29, 2023:

· Where to Start with: Iain Banks · Steven Poole · ar [Ref. Iain M. Banks]

July 1, 2023:

· “There’s never a dull day amid my father’s words”: What John le Carre’s Letters Revealed to His Son · Anna Arthur · ar [Ref. John le Carre]

July 4, 2023:

· Mavis Cheek Obituary · Helen Lederer · ob [Ref. Mavis Cheek]

July 12, 2023:

· The Unbearable Lightness of Being Author Dies · Richard Lea & Sian Cain · ob [Ref. Milan Kundera]

July 13, 2023:

· Milan Kundera Obituary · Kate Webb · ob [Ref. Milan Kundera]

July 15, 2023:

· “A city summons you into its weird drama” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Colson Whitehead]

July 22, 2023:

· “In a world that is going to hell, there is still so much joy” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Ann Patchett]

July 25, 2023:

· Carol Smith Obituary · Nick Hart · ob [Ref. Carol Smith]

July 27, 2023:

· Colin Spencer Obituary · Matthew Fort · ob [Ref. Colin Spencer]

July 28, 2023:

· “I could have gone to jail” · David Barnett · iv [Ref. M. W. Craven]

August 3, 2023:

· Gavin Selerie Obituary · Robert Hampson · ob [Ref. Gavin Selerie]

August 7, 2023:

· “I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along” · Simon Hattenstone · iv [Ref. Jacqueline Wilson]

August 8, 2023:

· William Friedkin Obituary · Ryan Gilbey · ob [Ref. William Friedkin]

August 11, 2023:

· Levelling Up: How Gabrielle Zevin’s Gaming Novel Became the Book of the Summer · Lucy Knight · iv [Ref. Gabrielle Zevin]

August 12, 2023:

· “Nothing in writing is ever particularly enjoyable to me” · Alex Preston · iv [Ref. Jo Ann Beard]

August 14, 2023:

· Martin Walser Obituary · John Kampfner · ob [Ref. Martin Walser]

August 17, 2023:

· Sir Michael Parkinson Obituary · Stephen Bates · ob [Ref. Sir Michael Parkinson]

August 19, 2023:

· “People say, where’s the anger? It’s still there” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Jonathan Coe]

August 22, 2023:

· Michael Leonard Obituary · Viv Lawrence · ob [Ref. Michael Leonard]

· Julian Haviland Obituary · Anthony Hayward · ob [Ref. Julian Haviland]

August 23, 2023:

· David Jacobs Obituary · Anthony Hayward · ob [Ref. David Jacobs]

August 25, 2023:

· I Connected with Quentin Tarantino · Bret Easton Ellis · ar [Ref. Quentin Tarantino]

August 26, 2023:

· “I get in trouble when I talk about the state of the nation” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Zadie Smith]

September 1, 2023:

· Raymond Chandler’s Books Make Me Laugh Out Loud · Lynda La Plante · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler]

September 2, 2023:

· I Can’t Explain My Work. I Just Write Stories · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Claire Keegan]

September 5, 2023:

· “Healthy or Downright Weird”: How I Helped Publish My Husband Christopher Fowler’s Posthumous Book · Pete Chapman · ar [Ref. Christopher Fowler]

· Edith Grossman, Acclaimed Translator, Dies at 87 · Lucy Knight · ob [Ref. Edith Grossman]

September 6, 2023:

· Jewelle Gomez: The Black Lesbian Writer Who Changed Vampire Fiction—and the World · Hanna Flint · ar [Ref. Jewelle Gomez]

September 9, 2023:

· “I Would Have Been Terrible in MI6. I’m Too Tall, Spill Secrets and Can’t Lie” · Charlotte Edwardes · iv [Ref. Richard Osman]

· “Learning How to Love a Child Is Something That Happens in a Second” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Olga Ravn]

September 10, 2023:

· Mike Yarwood Obituary · Stephen Dixon · ob [Ref. Mike Yarwood]

September 11, 2023:

· “She Was Chatty, Seemingly Untroubled”: Jeffrey Eugenides on the Babysitter Who Inspired The Virgin Suicides · Jeffrey Eugenides · ar

September 13, 2023:

· Tobias Hill Obituary · Kamila Shamsie · ob [Ref. Tobias Hill]

September 14, 2023:

· Edith Grossman Obituary · Nick Caistor · ob [Ref. Edith Grossman]

September 15, 2023:

· “Garcia Marquez Taught Me the Exquisite Power of Stories” · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · ar

September 16, 2023:

· “Turkey Is a Place Where Writers Matter” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Maureen Freely]

· “I Didn’t Think It Was Possible to Be a Novelist”: Julian Barnes on Literature, Loss—and His Friend Martin Amis · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Julian Barnes]

· “A True Original”: Katherine Rundell on the Genius of Diana Wynne Jones · Katherine Rundell · ar [Ref. Diana Wynne Jones]

September 22, 2023:

· Tom Sawyer Was My First Murder Mystery · Jo Nesbo · ar

September 23, 2023:

· “English Has Always Evolved by Mistake” · Katy Guest · iv [Ref. Susie Dent]

· On My Radar: Rebecca F Kuang’s Cultural Highlights · Rebecca F. Kuang · ar

September 25, 2023:

· Joan Collins on Love, Loss and Lust at 90: “You Have to Eat Life or Life Will Eat You!” · Simon Hattenstone · iv [Ref. Joan Collins]

September 26, 2023:

· David McCallum Obituary · Ronald Bergan · ob [Ref. David McCallum]

September 29, 2023:

· Virginia Woolf’s Flush Is Delightfully Bananas · Lauren Groff · ar

· “Motherhood Is a Cult, to a Degree”: Anne Heltzel on Her Horror Novel About Parenthood · Ella Creamer · iv [Ref. Anne Heltzel]

· Where to Start with: JM Coetzee · Will Forrester · ar [Ref. J. M. Coetzee]

September 30, 2023:

· “Translation Is an Act of Radical Change” · Geneva Abdul · iv [Ref. Jhumpa Lahiri]

October 1, 2023:

· Pat Arrowsmith Obituary · Michael Randle · ob [Ref. Pat Arrowsmith]

October 6, 2023:

· “A secret no one talked about”: Michael Morpurgo on Discovering His Real Father—and Hating Spielberg’s War Horse · Claire Armistead · iv [Ref. Michael Morpurgo]

October 7, 2023:

· Pratchett Power: From Lost Stories to New Adaptations, How the Late Discworld Author Lives On · Sam Jordison · ar [Ref. Terry Pratchett]

· “As a girl I felt small within Rastafari” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Safiya Sinclair]

October 13, 2023:

· Louise Glück, Nobel Prize-Winning Poet, Dies at 80 · Adrian Horton · ar [Ref. Louise Glück]

October 14, 2023:

· “Being avant garde isn’t about being unreadable” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Teju Cole]

· “I’m trying to move further left because that’s the only way that we’re going to achieve change” · Bim Adewunmi · iv [Ref. Roxane Gay]

October 17, 2023:

· Louise Glück Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Louise Glück]

October 21, 2023:

· “In your 60s, any sex is good sex. It’s like: Oh my gosh, I can still do this thing” · Rosanna Greenstreet · iv [Ref. Neil Gaiman]

· “Losing my partner almost made me stop writing” · Emma Brockes · iv [Ref. Jesmyn Ward]

· John le Carre Biographer Adam Sisman: “He wanted to make me love him” · Tim Adams · iv [Ref. Adam Sisman & John le Carre]

· “She exposed the fragility of so-called civilised life”: Why Shirley Jackson’s Horror Speaks to Our Times · Elizabeth Hand · ar [Ref. Shirley Jackson]

October 23, 2023:

· Anthony Holden Obituary · Denis MacShane · ob [Ref. Anthony Holden]

· Salman Rushdie: Allow Writers to Create Characters Outside of Their Own Experience · Ella Creamer · ar [Ref. Salman Rushdie]

· The Good Son · Tian Yi · ss; winner of the 4thWrite prize.

October 25, 2023:

· The Very Rev Trevor Beeson Obituary · Stephen Bates · ob [Ref. Trevor Beeson]

November 4, 2023:

· “A writer’s job is courage. You’ve got to be as honest as you can” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Naomi Alderman]

· “Queer art can be de-sexed—I don’t want to be part of that”: Author Justin Torres on Going Gothic · Ryan Gilbey · iv [Ref. Justin Torres]

· “I’m saddled with this cult writer thing” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Dennis Cooper]

November 8, 2023:

· “The good guys don’t always win”: Salman Rushdie on Peace, Barbie and What Freedom Cost Him · Salman Rushdie · ar

· The Future · Adam Roberts · br [Ref. Naomi Alderman]

November 10, 2023:

· John le Carre’s son to Write New George Smiley Novel · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. John le Carre]

· Langston Hughes Shifted by Worldview · Jonathan Escoffery · ar [Ref. Langston Hughes]

November 11, 2023:

· “If I’ve one gift as a writer, it’s patience” · Killian Fox · iv [Ref. Mike McCormack]

November 17, 2023:

· A.S. Byatt, Author and Critic, Dies Aged 87 · Richard Lea & Ella Creamer · ar [Ref. A. S. Byatt]

· A.S. Byatt: A Life Defined by Literature · Lisa Allardice · ar [Ref. A. S. Byatt]

· A.S. Byatt Obituary · Harriet Harvey Wood · ob [Ref. A. S. Byatt]

· “When I first read Ulysses I hated it with a passion” · Joanne Harris · ar

November 18, 2023:

· Jan Needle obituary · Julia Eccleshare · ob [Ref. Jan Needle]

· “I can hear a poem before it arrives” · Kate Kellaway · iv [Ref. Ishion Hutchinson]

· “This might be the last thing I ever write”: Paul Auster on Cancer, Connection and the Fallacy of Closure · Nicholas Wroe · iv [Ref. Paul Auster]

November 20, 2023:

· “I lived in a state of terror”: Patricia Cornwell on Childhood Trauma, Her New Novel and the Search for Bigfoot · Emine Saner · iv [Ref. Patricia Cornwell]

· Eddie Linden Obituary · James Campbell · ob [Ref. Eddie S. Linden]

November 25, 2023:

· “You don’t have to wear a hairshirt to be in the Labour party” · Michael Hogan · iv [Ref. Ken Follett]

· “Everyone asked me why I had written such a disgusting female character” · Ottessa Moshfegh · ar

November 28, 2023:

· Michael Bishop Obituary · Steve Holland · ob [Ref. Michael Bishop]

December 9, 2023:

· “My daughter once called me an ‘optimistic nihilist’” · Kate Kellaway · iv [Ref. Michael Rosen]

December 15, 2023:

· Celebrity Pet I’ll Never Forget: Fatty, the Curry-Loving Cat Who Adopted Me · Val McDermid · ar

January 1, 2024:

· New Thriller from Master of Twists and Turns Harlan Coben Comes to Netflix · Nadia Khomami · ar [Ref. Harlan Coben]

January 2, 2024:

· KM Peyton Obituary · Julia Eccleshare · ob [Ref. Kathleen Wendy Peyton]

January 13, 2024:

· “Some people have never forgiven me for not writing The Hours again” · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Michael Cunningham]

· “We all go through a lot. I’m wary of having ‘material’” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Hisham Matar]

January 19, 2024:

· “When I met Barbara Kingsolver I burst into geriatric tears” · Thomas Keneally · ar [Ref. Barbara Kingsolver]

January 20, 2024:

· “Money ruins our lives” · Rebecca Liu · iv [Ref. Kiley Reid]

January 24, 2024:

· David Compton Obituary · Christopher Priest & David Langford · ob [Ref. D. G. Compton]

January 27, 2024:

· “I was trying to write novels aged nine” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Jonathan Escoffery]

· “We equate verbal fluency with intelligence” · Angie Kim · ar

February 4, 2024:

· Christopher Priest Obituary · John Clute · ob [Ref. Christopher Priest]

February 10, 2024:

· “When you get past 60, you do feel a licence to write fearlessly” · John Self · iv [Ref. Sebastian Barry]

· “I felt guilty writing fiction in a time of war” · Nicholas Wroe · iv [Ref. Andrey Kurkov]

February 17, 2024:

· “There was a culture of silence—it was safer not to say what you think” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Georgi Gospodinov]

February 23, 2024:

· “When I was growing up I wanted to be Dr Seuss” · Sigrid Nunez · ar

February 24, 2024:

· “At 80, I still have a lot of anger” · Colin Grant · iv [Ref. Nikki Giovanni]

February 26, 2024:

· Alan Brownjohn Obituary · Declan Ryan · ob [Ref. Alan Brownjohn]

March 5, 2024:

· Edward Bond Obituary · Michael Coveney · ob [Ref. Edward Bond]

March 28, 2024:

· “I’m often asked—there’s science fiction in China?” · David Barnett · iv [Ref. Liu Cixin]

March 29, 2024:

· “I read Kerouac at 12 and figured I could improve on it” · John Cooper Clarke · ar

March 30, 2024:

· Vernor Vinge · Steve Holland · ob [Ref. Vernor Vinge]

· “People would give me death stares in the street” · Rachel Cooke · iv [Ref. Helen Garner]

April 5, 2024:

· Lynne Reid Banks Obituary · Janet Watts · ob [Ref. Lynne Reid Banks]

April 6, 2024:

· “The crime writer crime writers read”: Garry Disher, Author of 60 Books and Finding Fame in His 70s · Susan Chenery · ar [Ref. Garry Disher]

· “I’d love a scathing review”: Novelist Percival Everett on American Fiction and Rewriting Huckleberry Finn · David Shariatmadari · iv [Ref. Percival Everett]

April 12, 2024:

· John Barth Obituary · Eric Homberger · ob [Ref. John Barth]

April 13, 2024:

· “I could have been brought up by Tories!” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Jackie Kay]

April 14, 2024:

· Celia Mason Obituary · Douglas Lawson · ob [Ref. Celia Mason]

April 19, 2024:

· Faith Ringgold Obituary · Oliver Basciano · ob [Ref. Faith Ringgold]

April 20, 2024:

· “For much of my life I loved God. The echo of that never fades” · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Sarah Perry]

April 26, 2024:

· Martin Bax Obituary · Declan Ryan · ob [Ref. Martin Bax]

April 29, 2024:

· CJ Sansom, Author of the Shardlake Novels, Dies Aged 71 · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. C. J. Sansom]

· CJ Sansom Obituary · Boyd Tonkin · ob [Ref. C. J. Sansom]

April 30, 2024:

· Maureen Roffey Obituary · Bernard Lodge · ob [Ref. Maureen Roffey]

May 1, 2024:

· Paul Auster, American Author of The New York Trilogy, Dies Aged 77 · Ella Creamer · ar [Ref. Paul Auster]

May 2, 2024:

· “I remember Paul Auster”: A Tribute by Jonathan Lethem to His Friends · Jonathan Lethem · ar [Ref. Paul Auster]

· Paul Auster Obituary · Boyd Tonkin · ob [Ref. Paul Auster]

May 4, 2024:

· “I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion” · Rachel Cooke · iv [Ref. R. F. Kuang]

· “I can say things other people are afraid to”: Margaret Atwood on Censorship, Literary Feuds and Trump · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Margaret Atwood]

May 9, 2024:

· Jerome Rothenberg Obituary · Michael Hrebeniak · ob [Ref. Jerome Rothenberg]

· Shirley Conran, Campaigner and “queen of the bonkbuster”, Dies Aged 91 · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. Shirley Conran]

May 10, 2024:

· Dame Shirley Conran Obituary · Veronica Horwell · ob [Ref. Shirley Conran]

May 12, 2024:

· Roger Corman Obituary · Ronald Bergen · ob [Ref. Roger Corman]

· Roger Corman: Cinema’s Pulp Genius Whose Talent to Shock Was Rocket Fuel · Peter Bradshaw · ar [Ref. Roger Corman]

May 13, 2024:

· Trina Robbins Obituary · Steve Holland · ob [Ref. Trina Robbins]

· Maureen O’Connor Obituary · Wendy Berliner · ob [Ref. Maureen O’Connor]

May 14, 2024:

· Alice Munro, Nobel Winner and Titan of the Short Story, Dies Aged 92 · Richard Lea & Sian Cain · ar [Ref. Alice Munro]

· Alice Munro Obituary · Sarah A. Smith · ob [Ref. Alice Munro]

May 17, 2024:

· Tom Davies Obituary · Liz Davies · ob [Ref. Tom Davies]

May 18, 2024:

· “Translating is like X-raying a book. You get a deep tissue read” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Sam Taylor]

May 22, 2024:

· “My songs spread like herpes”: Why Did Satirical Genius Tom Lehrer Swap Worldwide Fame for Obscurity? · Francis Beckett · ar [Ref. Tom Lehrer]

May 24, 2024:

· Caleb Carr, Military Historian and Author of The Alienist, Dies at 68 · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Caleb Carr]

May 25, 2024:

· “Give Me Moby-Dick Over Persuasion Anytime” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Anne Enright]

· “Is it a betrayal?” Claire Messud on Writing Her Family Into Fiction · Claire Messud · ar

May 29, 2024:

· Terry Coleman Obituary · Matthew Engel · ob [Ref. Terry Coleman]

May 31, 2024:

· John Burnside, Author of Black Cat Bone, Dies Aged 69 · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. John Burnside]

June 1, 2024:

· “Bond’s gone woke!” Charlie Higson on the Row Around His “metrosexual” 007 · Charlie Higson · ar

· “Sex scenes are like arias in opera. They have to move the story forwards” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Rose Tremain]

June 3, 2024:

· John Burnside Obituary · Alan Taylor · ob [Ref. John Burnside]

June 4, 2024:

· Where to Start with: Rachel Cusk · Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett · ar [Ref. Rachel Cusk]

June 7, 2024:

· “Jonathan Livingston Seagull blew my tiny mind” · Emma Donoghue · ar

June 8, 2024:

· “I identify with Beth in Little Women, who dies” · Kate Kellaway · iv [Ref. Lorrie Moore]

June 10, 2024:

· “He made every sentence electric” · Tina Brown · ar [Ref. Martin Amis]

June 15, 2024:

· “I’m taking writing back to the rock’n’roll era!” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Sulaiman Addonia]

June 21, 2024:

· Donald Sutherland Obituary · Ronald Bergan · ob [Ref. Donald Sutherland]

June 28, 2024:

· Kinky Friedman Obituary · Garth Cartwright · ob [Ref. Kinky Friedman]

June 29, 2024:

· “After I left India, I had to train myself to express my opinions” · Emma Brockes · iv [Ref. Anita Desai]

July 1, 2024:

· Ismail Kadare Obituary · David Bellos · ob [Ref. Ismail Kadare]

July 2, 2024:

· “Reading’s in danger”: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Books, Kids—and the Explosive Power of Heidi · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Frank Cottrell-Boyce]

July 6, 2024:

· “An explosion of talent”: Iain Banks’s The Wasp Factory at 40 · Neil Gaiman · ar [Ref. Iain Banks]

July 8, 2024:

· Jon Landau Obituary · Ryan Gilbey · ob [Ref. Jon Landau]

July 10, 2024:

· Robert Irwin Obituary · Michael Caines · ob [Ref. Robert Irwin]

July 13, 2024:

· “I was aware of the drift towards fascism in Europe” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. C. Pam Zhang]

July 14, 2024:

· Ruth Westheimer Obituary · Suzie Hayman · ob [Ref. Ruth Westheimer]

· Bill Viola Obituary · Charles Darwent · ob [Ref. Bill Viola]

July 19, 2024:

· Bob Newhart Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Bob Newhart]

July 20, 2024:

· “I wanted to do pulpy, hyper-violent action”: Keanu Reeves on His Novel with China Mieville and the Afterlife of The Matrix · Sam Leith · iv [Ref. Keanu Reeves & China Mieville]

July 27, 2024:

· “Most people didn’t know I was writing—I was a secretive kind of writer” · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Mick Herron]

July 29, 2024:

· Edna O’Brien Obituary · Luke Dodd · ob [Ref. Edna O’Brien]

August 3, 2024:

· “As a writer in Turkey, you can be attacked, put on trial, imprisoned” · Claire Armistead · iv [Ref. Elif Shafak]

August 10, 2024:

· “I do feel a need to prove myself” · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Kate Atkinson]

August 14, 2024:

· Joan Brady Obituary · Stuart Jeffries · ob [Ref. Joan Brady]

August 16, 2024:

· The Curious Incident of the Author Who Couldn’t Read or Write: Mark Haddon on Long Covid and Overcoming Five Years of Brain Fog · Mark Haddon · ar

August 24, 2024:

· “Hunger numbed my shame and humiliation” · Sarah Moss · ar

August 30, 2024:

· “I use Winnie-the-Pooh as a pencil sharpener for the mind” · Matt Haig · ar

September 7, 2024:

· “All ordinary people are extraordinary” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Elizabeth Strout]

September 9, 2024:

· Janet Watts Obituary · Valerie Grove · ob [Ref. Janet Watts]

September 14, 2024:

· “I wanted to write a suburban Reacher”: Richard Osman Talks to Lee Child About Class, Success and the Secret of Great Crime Writing · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Richard Osman & Lee Child]

· “Falling in love when I was very young transformed my life” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Sally Rooney]

· “I wasn’t writing Baise-Moi from a very good place” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Virginie Despentes]

September 19, 2024:

· Posthumous Gerald Durrell Autobiography to Be Published · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. Gerald Durrell]

September 21, 2024:

· “I no longer have to save the world”: Novelist Richard Powers on Fiction and the Climate Crisis · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Richard Powers]

September 30, 2024:

· Elias Khoury Obituary · Olivia Snaije · ob [Ref. Elias Khoury]

October 4, 2024:

· Ed McLachlan Obituary · Alexander Beetles · ob [Ref. Edward McLachlan]

October 5, 2024:

· “The facts of the case were so disturbing”: Kate Summerscale on Our Obsession with True Crime · Kate Summerscale · ar

· Attica Locke on the US Election: “It’s white Americans that have to fix this” · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Attica Locke]

October 11, 2024:

· I Loved Lord of the Flies the Way Kids Love Harry Potter · Stephen King · ms

October 12, 2024:

· “My body was broken, but I’m not going to give up”: Hanif Kureishi on Life After the Accident That Paralysed Him · Simon Hattenstone · iv [Ref. Hanif Kureishi]

· “I believed I was dying, that I had three breaths left. It seemed like a miserable and ignoble way to go” · Hanif Kureishi · ex from Shattered, Hamish Hamilton, 2024

October 15, 2024:

· Robert Coover Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Robert Coover]

October 20, 2024:

· Fleur Adcock Obituary · Janet Wilson · ob [Ref. Fleur Adcock]

October 25, 2024:

· Farewell Gary Indiana: Underground Hero Who Chronicled the Fallacies of Erotic Life · Richard Goldstein · ar [Ref. Gary Indiana]

· Lore Segal Obituary · Michael Carlson · ob [Ref. Lore Segal]

October 26, 2024:

· “Fandom has toxified the world”: Watchmen Author Alan Moore on Superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump · Alan Moore · ar

· “Liz Truss was very unimpressed to meet me” · Emma Brockes · iv [Ref. Jonathan Coe]

· “I don’t think we respect female writers” · Hephzibah Anderson · iv [Ref. Eliza Clark]

October 28, 2024:

· Paul Bailey Obituary · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. Paul Bailey]

November 1, 2024:

· Rosalind Delmar Obituary · David Nowell-Smith · ob [Ref. Rosalind Delmar]

· “Fantasy is a genre I cannot abide any more” · William Boyd · ar

November 2, 2024:

· “What will people think? I don’t care any more” · Mark Lawson · iv [Ref. Alan Bennett]

· “A writer’s career is choppy—I was 50 when I found success” · Emma Brockes · iv [Ref. Deborah Levy]

November 3, 2024:

· Jehane Markham Obituary · Petra Markham · ob [Ref. Jehane Markham]

November 8, 2024:

· “A P.G. Wodehouse audiobook made me laugh so much I had to stop the car” · Roddy Doyle · ar

November 9, 2024:

· “Working while grieving was consoling” · Lisa Allardice · iv [Ref. Sigrid Rausing]

November 10, 2024:

· Paul Bailey Obituary · Leo Robson · ob [Ref. Paul Bailey]

November 16, 2024:

· “She gave me the chance that became my life”: Jeanette Winterson on Her First Editor, Philippa Brewster · Jeanette Winterson · ar

· “I’m not sure that I will write again” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Richard Flanagan]

November 19, 2024:

· Sandra Gilbert, Co-author of The Madwoman in the Attic, Dies Aged 87 · Ella Creamer · ar [Ref. Sandra M. Gilbert]

November 20, 2024:

· “I fly, I drive. We’re all complicit”: Richard Flanagan on Vanishing Species and Refusing the Baillie Gifford Prize Money · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Richard Flanagan]

November 23, 2024:

· Peter Sinfield Obituary · Adam Sweeting · ob [Ref. Peter Sinfield]

· “My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention” · John Self · iv [Ref. Haruki Murakami]

November 25, 2024:

· Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford Dies Aged 91 · Lucy Knight · ar [Ref. Barbara Taylor Bradford]

· Barbara Taylor Bradford: She Wrote Books About Sexy, Scrappy, Hard-Working Women Like Her · Jenny Colgan · ar [Ref. Barbara Taylor Bradford]

· Barbara Taylor Bradford Obituary · Liz Thomson · ob [Ref. Barbara Taylor Bradford]

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