Naomi Alderman

Gary Lineker, Theresa May and David Nicholls join the Hay festival 2024 lineup

This year’s festival promises to be a ‘civic platform’, with a new series of daily news analysis, a debate about the Israel-Gaza war and an appeal to the younger generation

Ella Creamer

12, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM

The Future by Naomi Alderman review – survival of the fittest

Wisecracks, gadgets and cartoonish violence are to the fore in this fast-paced novel about three tech tycoons facing Armageddon

Stephanie Merritt

27, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

The Future by Naomi Alderman review – an apocalyptic techno-thriller

An AI program predicts the end of the world in this wobbly rollercoaster ride from the author of The Power

Adam Roberts

08, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

Naomi Alderman: ‘A writer’s job is courage. You’ve got to be as honest as you can”

The bestselling author of The Power talks about her new techno-thriller, coping with grief and finding hope in the darkest of stories

Lisa Allardice

04, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

The Power review – Toni Collette rules in this sparky sci-fi about superpowered women

This adaptation of a brilliant novel – about women who can create electricity – sticks to the original like glue. As a TV show, it doesn’t work quite as well

Lucy Mangan

31, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM

Novelist Naomi Alderman: ‘When I’m feeling distressed I go very intellectual. Which is a defence’

As her hit feminist novel, The Power, becomes a TV series, the writer talks about dark episodes in her past that underpin her work, and how she is inspired by a new generation of women

Miranda Sawyer

26, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM

Miss Marple back on the case in stories by Naomi Alderman, Ruth Ware and more

Agatha Christie’s beloved sleuth to return in new authorised collection featuring contemporary writers including Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse and Val McDermid

Alison Flood

31, Aug, 2021 @12:42 PM

Coming out: Naomi Alderman on leaving Orthodox Judaism behind

As the film of her novel Disobedience is released, the author reveals how writing about the strict Jewish community she grew up in made her realise she had to leave it

Naomi Alderman

24, Nov, 2018 @9:00 AM

Director Sebastián Lelio: ‘The presence of porn is everywhere and making us numb’

The director of the Oscar-winning A Fantastic Woman talks about his new film, Disobedience, the story of a lesbian affair in a London orthodox Jewish community

Kate Kellaway

17, Nov, 2018 @3:00 PM

In brief: Oreo; Heart Berries: A Memoir; Disobedience – reviews

Fran Ross’s timely reissue on racial identity, a soul-baring memoir about mental health, and another chance to read Naomi Alderman’s fearless 2006 debut – soon to be a film

Arifa Akbar

29, Jul, 2018 @10:30 AM

New Doctor Who regenerated in fiction by Juno Dawson and Naomi Alderman

The 13th Doctor, as played on BBC One by Jodie Whittaker, will also feature in a novel and a short story by the two acclaimed authors

Alison Flood

11, May, 2018 @12:23 PM

What will you be reading next year? A roundup of London book fair

A new JRR Tolkien, four Naomi Alderman books and the memoirs of a mole-catcher – a collection of the biggest and most interesting books due to be published in 2019 and 2020

Sian Cain

13, Apr, 2018 @1:29 PM

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