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Why so much hype? Being on Granta’s best young novelists list has its drawbacks | Sarah Hall
In 2013, I was one of the chosen 20. Today, I still question the accolades and gimmickry around making the grade
Sarah Hall
16, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
A moment that changed me: ‘My mother taught me to face impossible tasks – and so I carried the coffin at her funeral’
From an early age, she encouraged me to be strong, physically and mentally. Those gifts helped me through the day we buried her
Sarah Hall
20, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
This Christmas, read a story aloud - you'll be surprised by the joy it brings
With many of us set to spend Christmas on Zoom or the phone, author Sarah Hall shares why dark and daring tales are perfect to read to others - and 10 great stories to try
Sarah Hall
24, Dec, 2020 @10:00 AM
On my radar: Sarah Hall’s cultural highlights
The English novelist on blending art and retail, the poetry of Kathleen Jamie and the joys of the electric saz
Sarah Hall
17, Nov, 2019 @10:00 AM
This Is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill review – a moment of reckoning
The anger and ambiguities of #MeToo are masterfully distilled into the account of a complicated friendship
Sarah Hall
07, Nov, 2019 @9:00 AM
Women at war: why do we still struggle with the idea of female soldiers?
Female warriors serve at the margins of history – or are press-ganged to the frontlines of controversy, writes novelist Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall
03, Aug, 2019 @10:01 AM
A new start: Sarah Hall on trauma and the unexpected tonic of extreme reading
The birth of her child, the death of her mother and the breakdown of her marriage hit the author at once. Then she was asked to judge the Booker prize
Sarah Hall
29, Dec, 2018 @11:00 AM
Sarah Hall on Cumbria: ‘I grew up raking around outside, swimming in fell pools’
A sensualist, political interest in the relationship between people and place seems to the novelist a very Cumbrian trait
Sarah Hall
01, Sep, 2018 @9:59 AM
Sarah Hall on the year the fens turned to ice: ‘I finally got to cross a frozen river’
When the author moved to East Anglia, she experienced one of the coldest winters for 20 years – and fulfilled a childhood dream
Sarah Hall
26, Dec, 2017 @7:00 AM
Sarah Hall: sex, death and the short story
Sex and death are the most fascinating aspects of life, fiction’s greatest challenge – and the short story is perfectly adapted to explore difficult subjects
Sarah Hall
19, Aug, 2016 @1:00 PM
The brilliance of Richard Brautigan
Fairytale meets beat meets counterculture: bursting with colour, humour and imagery, Brautigan’s virtuoso prose is rooted in his rural past, writes Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall
23, Sep, 2014 @2:24 PM
Sarah Hall on why we should have a short story laureate
The best short stories reverberate magnificently and it's time they received their due, says Sarah Hall, who won a £15,000 prize for one in the same week Alice Munro won the Nobel
Sarah Hall
11, Oct, 2013 @6:00 PM
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