Books
How Penguin’s Modern Classics dared us to judge a book by its cover
After 60 years of the series celebrating contemporary fiction, have the early jacket designs stood the test of time – and how do you create a cover fit for a classic?
Killian Fox
07, Nov, 2021 @11:00 AM
Social media helped me face cancer, says Chocolat author Joanne Harris
Writer tells Lauren Laverne on Desert Island Discs how she felt ‘connected to the world’ when discussing her breast cancer
Vanessa Thorpe
07, Nov, 2021 @10:15 AM
The Fell by Sarah Moss review – the hills are alive with pandemic anxieties
The story of four characters craving nature in the Peak District is a deft mixture of mounting dread, metaphysical angst and doomy drollness
Hephzibah Anderson
07, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius review – the God behind the guy
Harry Freedman’s examination of how the musician’s spiritual life shaped his songs is rich in detail if a little too earnest in its quest for enlightenment
Tim Adams
07, Nov, 2021 @7:00 AM
Both/And review: Huma Abedin on Clinton, Weiner and a political life
The close aide to Hillary Clinton has written a tale spliced with pain but blind to her boss’s weak spots
Lloyd Green
07, Nov, 2021 @7:00 AM
Mary Gaitskill: ‘I have a nuanced mind, for better and worse’
The novelist and essayist on the disturbing power of Lolita, her regard for John Cheever, and her aversion to simplistic arguments
Anthony Cummins
06, Nov, 2021 @6:00 PM
‘The Every is about an all-powerful monopoly that seeks to eliminate competition’: why Dave Eggers won’t sell his new hardback on US Amazon
The author on returning to the dystopian world of big tech in his sequel to The Circle, and how he’s taking a stand against Bezos’s empire
Sam Leith
06, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
The Secret of Life by Howard Markel review – science and misogyny
A cinematic account of toxic masculinity among 1950s DNA researchers – and a celebration of scientist Rosalind Franklin
Katy Guest
06, Nov, 2021 @7:30 AM
Misfire review: a bullseye from Tim Mak – but the NRA isn’t beaten yet
The NPR reporter has written an important book about the moral bankruptcy which put the powerful and merciless gun group on the back foot
Charles Kaiser
06, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
The art of the steal: ‘I have poached shamelessly from my enemies’
When writers ‘borrow heavily’ from people they know, is it theft? Australian writers weigh in on limits of creative licence
Jock Serong
05, Nov, 2021 @7:00 PM
The name’s not Bond: where next for 007?
Hard on the heels of No Time to Die’s release, a new series of Bondless Bond novels from Kim Sherwood has been announced. Will it shake or stir the franchise?
Lucy Knight
05, Nov, 2021 @6:29 PM
Jerry Pinkney obituary
Award-winning US illustrator whose prolific output of contemporary and traditional tales charmed readers of all ages
Julia Eccleshare
05, Nov, 2021 @6:04 PM
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