Fiction

‘Generous and reflective’: letters show other sides to macho Ernest Hemingway

In the mid-1930s, the novelist, then a controversial war correspondent, encouraged aspiring writers with frankness and humour

Dalya Alberge

28, Apr, 2024 @7:00 AM

Moses McKenzie: ‘I was thinking about the predicament of the black British diaspora’

The award-winning Bristol-raised novelist on his new book about a teenage Rastafarian living in the city in volatile times, how he was influenced by The Catcher in the Rye - and being celebrated by a Tory politician

Anthony Cummins

27, Apr, 2024 @5:00 PM

‘My favourite stories are love stories’: Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction

With four million copies sold and three books in adaptation, the Beach Read author is riding high. She talks about hope, TikTok tropes and escapism

Ella Creamer

27, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM

England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines drawn

Two teenage boys come of age in a divided and radicalised London in this politically charged debut

Sana Goyal

27, Apr, 2024 @6:30 AM

Martin Bax obituary

Paediatrician specialising in child development and novelist who founded the literary periodical Ambit

Declan Ryan

26, Apr, 2024 @4:30 PM

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

An ungrammatical egg; a demystifying approach to death; 10 new poets to read aloud; and a stunning gothic mystery

Imogen Russell Williams

26, Apr, 2024 @11:00 AM

Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’

The British-Ghanaian author on having his mind blown by Malorie Blackman as a child, the allure of John Williams’s Stoner and why Zadie Smith made him want to write

Caleb Azumah Nelson

26, Apr, 2024 @9:00 AM

Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link

Broadcaster Richie Brave, whose ancestors were enslaved, says organisers should be ‘asking themselves some questions’

Ella Creamer

25, Apr, 2024 @5:23 PM

The Pyramid of Needs by Ernest Price review – a wickedly funny take on wellness

This excellent debut novel follows a weary son who clashes over his gender transition with his elderly mother, a supplement devotee hellbent on becoming an influencer

Fiona Wright

25, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM