Monica Ali
In brief: Signal Fires; If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal; Love Marriage – review
A thoughtful novel about a family secret, an insightful investigation into animal intelligence and Monica Ali’s clever comedy of manners
Hannah Beckerman
29, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
‘I will reflect on my own death – and try to conquer my fears’: the thing I’ll do differently in 2023
I don’t want to be mawkish or indulgent. But I want to consider my mortality in order to live well in the years I have left
Monica Ali
27, Dec, 2022 @10:00 AM
Top 10 books about losing faith | Matt Rowland Hill
Authors from Jeanette Winterson to William Shakespeare tell stories of people doubting not just God but everything that gives their life meaning
Matt Rowland Hill
09, Nov, 2022 @12:00 PM
British Library to host Salman Rushdie celebration event
Writers including Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nigella Lawson will gather in London to share readings and reflections two months after the author was attacked on stage
Sarah Shaffi
10, Oct, 2022 @1:27 PM
We Are Lady Parts leads South Bank Sky Arts award winners
Sitcom about Muslim female punk band wins best comedy as Opera North, Little Simz and Monica Ali also triumph
Mark Brown
10, Jul, 2022 @5:00 PM
Authors at Hay festival weigh the meaning of authenticity
Who can write about whom was a running question, tackled by writers from Rose Tremain to Damon Galgut
Lucy Knight
06, Jun, 2022 @5:38 PM
Monica Ali ‘terrified’ of writing sex scenes in new novel
Brick Lane author says fear of winning Bad Sex award loomed over writing of latest book, Love Marriage
Lucy Knight
28, May, 2022 @6:05 PM
Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years
Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town
Lucy Knight
05, Apr, 2022 @11:00 AM
Monica Ali: ‘I can’t imagine life without Tolstoy and Austen’
The novelist on George Orwell’s doublespeak, the psychology of addiction, and the unbearable darkness of Émile Zola
Monica Ali
25, Mar, 2022 @10:00 AM
Monica Ali says reaction to previous novel caused 10 years of depression
Brick Lane novelist said people were baffled when she wrote about Princess Diana rather than ‘brown people’
Maya Wolfe-Robinson
07, Feb, 2022 @12:01 AM
Love Marriage by Monica Ali review – lurid turns and lashings of sex
The novelist is on familiar territory and great form with a tale of premarital tension that punctures family life and feminism
Anthony Cummins
06, Feb, 2022 @9:01 AM
Love Marriage by Monica Ali review – a culture-clash engagement
An entertaining exploration of multicultural British modernity - love, sex, class, politics, faith and family – from the author of Brick Lane
Lucy Atkins
05, Feb, 2022 @7:30 AM
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