It’s not ingratitude to acknowledge the tension between acclaim and attention
Following the national team makes me aspire to an Englishness I’m comfortable with
It took her three minutes to say she was blocking me — but the story didn’t end there
The Neapolitan novelist remains an enigma but echoes of ‘My Brilliant Friend’ linger on its heroine’s beloved island
Traditional drinking holes are becoming scarcer as big chains move in, but the best of them connect you with a sense of history and community
In an experiment whose proceeds will go to the Authors Guild of America, 36 authors including Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Dave Eggers, and Celeste Ng, wrote a collaborative novel
The author on borrowing from life, the joy of fictional ‘gizmos’ — and why we need more stories
This autumnal work about a professor haunted by glimpses of his late wife is a riddling but deeply felt meditation on grief
The author’s account of the aftermath of sexual abuses in a Mennonite community has been nominated for Best Picture
The bestselling novelist has gained a new audience through his tweets from hospital
The ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ author on the life lessons of Tolstoy — and how ‘Jaws’ made him a writer
A brilliant novelist and critic who understood her craft
The Turner-nominated twin sisters’ latest show reflects dynamic contrasts long evident in their film and photographic work
The novelist invites Virginia Woolf and James Baldwin, while Seinfeld’s Kramer makes a splash
‘There’s nothing extraordinary about women being creative. It’s the creativity, the work, that’s extraordinary’
For the writer, getting sober was liberating — and sparked her interest in the meanings of freedom
Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut novel uses shifting viewpoints and identities to tease the certainties of mind and memory
Our relationships have been tested by Covid-19. But they have taken on new forms and sustained us in new ways
A hidden trauma is at the heart of this playful, knowing debut
The author of the Wolf Hall trilogy on what’s next, doctors and why writing is like fighting
The seven-mile project, due in December 2021, will be informed by researchers and marine biologists
The author talks about the complicated relationships between her characters and the vulnerability of loss
When I wrote my debut novel, I had no idea that the culture it satirised would soon feel like a fossil
This London house dominates the 2013 film ‘Exhibition’. Freed from its sullen fictional inhabitants, it is a writer’s utopia
A bloody tale about an 1870s Australian gang leader Ned Kelly; a woman is being pursued and tormented by her evil-entrepreneur ex
