Alan Garner
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner audiobook review – a mystical time-twisting tale
Peppered with dialect and shortlisted for the Booker prize, this story by Alan Garner is brought vividly to life by narrator Robert Powell
Fiona Sturges
14, Oct, 2022 @11:00 AM
‘The story had been stirring in me for most of my life’: How I wrote a Booker-shortlisted novel
NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett, Alan Garner and others reveal the inspiration for the books up for this year’s award
NoViolet Bulawayo; Percival Everett; Alan Garner; Shehan Karunatilaka; Claire Keegan; Elizabeth Strout
08, Oct, 2022 @8:00 AM
The Booker prize 2022: watch shortlist readings by Jarvis Cocker, Sharon Horgan and more
Performers read from the novels in contention for this year’s prestigious fiction prize in a series of films made by director Kevin Thomas
Guardian books
05, Oct, 2022 @4:26 PM
The Guardian view on Tolkien: more than the sum of special effects | Editorial
Editorial: Television’s The Rings of Power is the latest proof that fantasy fiction has not lost its grip on culture
Editorial
11, Sep, 2022 @5:25 PM
‘I’ve no idea how we’ll pick a winner’: the challenge of a spectacular Booker shortlist
From a surreal African kingdom to a Sri Lankan afterlife, via murder, morality, grief and healing … One of this year’s prize judges assesses the six finalists they must choose between
Shahidha Bari
06, Sep, 2022 @6:30 PM
Booker prize: Alan Garner becomes oldest author to be shortlisted
Only British writer on list will collect prize on 88th birthday if successful, but is up against five other books judges say ‘speak powerfully about important things’
Sarah Shaffi
06, Sep, 2022 @6:30 PM
The Booker longlist is thoughtfully curated and gives Alan Garner overdue recognition
Form is a preoccupation of the 13-strong selection, which highlights books from small presses in favour of work from more famous names
Justine Jordan
26, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
Booker prize longlist of 13 writers aged 20 to 87 announced
List comprises 13 writers of fiction, from NoViolet Bulawayo to Leila Mottley, described as ‘stimulating, surprising, nourishing’ by judging panel
Sarah Shaffi
26, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
Best fiction of 2021
Dazzling debuts, a word-of-mouth hit, plus this year’s bestsellers from Sally Rooney, Jonathan Franzen, Kazuo Ishiguro and more
Justine Jordan
04, Dec, 2021 @9:00 AM
Alan Garner: ‘The Chronicles of Narnia are atrociously written’
The author on the lascivious subtexts of Catullus, mistaking Lord of the Flies for a satanic text and CS Lewis’s ‘totalitarian’ fantasy epics
Alan Garner
03, Dec, 2021 @3:00 PM
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner review – the book of a lifetime
Myth meets modern science in a late masterwork brimming with ideas and imagination
Alex Preston
01, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner review – a phenomenal late fable
A convalescent young boy is visited by a mythical wanderer in a deeply evocative exploration of storytelling and time
Justine Jordan
30, Oct, 2021 @6:30 AM
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