Naomi Alderman
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
Feminist fiction drives big money at London book fair
Fierce bidding wars between publishers saw several big deals happen for politically charged novels at this year’s fair, as new books from Jeanette Winterson and Caitlin Moran were also revealed
Sian Cain
13, Apr, 2018 @1:29 PM
Female writers dominated 2017's literary bestsellers, figures show
Topped by Margaret Atwood, the UK’s Top 10 bestselling authors of literary fiction last year features only one male writer, Haruki Murakami
Alison Flood
17, Jan, 2018 @10:36 AM
Bestselling books of 2017: the top 100
While women dominate the charts, it’s been the year of the comeback kings: Philip Pullman, Jamie Oliver, Margaret Atwood …
John Dugdale
30, Dec, 2017 @2:00 PM
Read like a girl: how children’s books of female stories are booming
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls to Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World are just two of a raft of inspirational titles changing bedtime reading
Alison Flood
11, Aug, 2017 @11:26 AM
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