hephzibah-anderson

In brief: A Life of One’s Own; Blue Skies; Memphis – reviews

Joanna Biggs rebuilds with her favourite authors in a literary memoir; TC Boyle charms with an eco-thriller; and Tara Stringfellow’s southern saga explores African American trauma

Hephzibah Anderson

07, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus review – an immersive tale of music and messiness

A Dubliner moves to London to make it as a singer-songwriter in the DJ turned novelist’s evocative and lyrical coming-of-age story

Hephzibah Anderson

07, May, 2023 @12:00 PM

Tell Me How This Ends by Jo Leevers review – a sympathetic double act

The bond between a terminally ill woman and an oddball charity worker makes for a promising, pleasingly complex debut

Hephzibah Anderson

30, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM

Susie Orbach: ‘Body uniformity is out of control – there’s no right way to have labia!’

The psychotherapist on body hatred, what’s changed since she wrote Fat Is a Feminist Issue – and the smell of her clients

Hephzibah Anderson

23, Apr, 2023 @8:30 AM

Novelist Celeste Ng: ‘There was a period when I thought I’d never write again’

The award-winning author on how Trump, Covid and anti-Asian rhetoric inspired her latest novel, digging her way out of ‘post-book fatigue’, and learning to touch type using Ulysses

Hephzibah Anderson

22, Apr, 2023 @5:00 PM

The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller review – apocalypse again

The novelist continues her run of stories about isolated people with this intriguing but uneven tale of life after a deadly pandemic

Hephzibah Anderson

16, Apr, 2023 @1:00 PM

In brief: Games and Rituals; Friendaholic; The Women Who Saved the English Countryside – reviews

Katherine Heiny’s sparky, bittersweet tales of love; Elizabeth Day’s generous memoir about friendship; and a fastidious study of four nature campaigners

Hephzibah Anderson

09, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM

Xiaolu Guo: ‘It would be tacky to ask: can you forgive me for writing this?’

The Chinese-British author on leaving her family to find creative freedom, the effect on those she writes about in her revealing new book, and the power of Moby-Dick

Hephzibah Anderson

08, Apr, 2023 @5:00 PM

A House for Alice by Diana Evans review – vivid tale of a homesick matriarch

Three middle-aged sisters grapple with their mother’s imminent return to Nigeria in this immersive domestic drama of becoming and belonging in post-Grenfell London

Hephzibah Anderson

04, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM

Karl Geary: ‘I was writing out of confusion and horror, rage and love’

The actor turned novelist on creating authentic working-class characters, swapping Dublin for New York aged 16, and why sewing is like writing

Hephzibah Anderson

25, Mar, 2023 @6:00 PM

Cuddy by Benjamin Myers review – a polyphonic hymn to the north-east

The novelist’s afterlife of St Cuthbert spans centuries and volumes, making for a vibrant alternative history of the region

Hephzibah Anderson

19, Mar, 2023 @3:00 PM

In brief: Don’t Think, Dear; My Nemesis; Handmade – reviews

A thoughtful memoir casts a critical eye on ballet, a gripping novel digs deep into feminine rivalry and a bracing manifesto extols the virtue of woodcraft

Hephzibah Anderson

12, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM