Sarah Perry
Hilary Mantel remembered: ‘She was the queen of literature’
The beloved writer of the Wolf Hall trilogy and Beyond Black has died. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute
Margaret Atwood, Anne Enright, Kamila Shamsie, Maggie O’Farrell, Ian McEwan, Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry
23, Sep, 2022 @2:27 PM
Sarah Perry’s postcard from England: ‘Cream tea defeats us. It’s the best we ever had’
On 2 July we sent six writers and photographers to capture a typical UK summer’s day. Author Sarah Perry headed to Flixton, Suffolk for big planes and tiny tarts
Sarah Perry
23, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM
‘When Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston were cast I was in shock’: Sarah Perry on The Essex Serpent
As an adaptation of her bestselling novel comes to screens, Sarah Perry describes the joys of being on set – and how the production restored her faith in storytelling
Sarah Perry
20, May, 2022 @9:00 AM
Sarah Perry: As an author, I felt useless in the pandemic. So I trained to be a vaccinator
Inspired by a desire to be good and help others during the pandemic, novelist Sarah Perry trained to vaccinate people. But what does it mean to be good when there is so much bad faith?
Sarah Perry
31, Jul, 2021 @9:00 AM
Summer books: Bernardine Evaristo, Hilary Mantel, Richard Osman and more on what they’re reading
Authors share the books they have enjoyed reading this year, including a hilarious dark comedy, poetry and a study of mystery illnesses
Hilary Mantel, David Nicholls, Yuval Noah Harari, Sarah Perry, Sarah Waters, Richard Osman, Bernardine Evaristo, Diana Evans, Torrey Peters, Douglas Stuart, Sara Collins, Michael Rosen, Elif Shafak, Ian Rankin, Olivia Laing and Polly Samson
05, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM
How I learned to love being an Essex girl | Sarah Perry
Novelist Sarah Perry carried Essex with her ‘like a white patent leather bag’ -until she discovered the county’s history of remarkable and outspoken women
Sarah Perry
02, Oct, 2020 @10:04 AM
Jack by Marilynne Robinson review – a Calvinist romance
Radiant and visionary, the fourth Gilead novel explores whether a minister’s prodigal son can be redeemed by love
Sarah Perry
25, Sep, 2020 @6:30 AM
Risky business: the shadow of constant threat is changing us | Sarah Perry
Covid-19 has heightened our perception of danger so that every day is a series of finely balanced calculations. How do we decide which are the risks worth taking, asks Sarah Perry
Sarah Perry
10, Sep, 2020 @12:12 PM
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell review – a musical journey
This portrait of a 60s band on the rise conveys the spirit of the age with gleeful energy
Sarah Perry
10, Jul, 2020 @6:30 AM
Sarah Perry: what good are books, in a situation like this?
The Essex Serpent author has been filling her days with sewing, baking and music - but not writing. How can you find meaning in work that feels useless?
Sarah Perry
02, May, 2020 @8:00 AM
'I complained bitterly throughout': Sarah Perry on how she wrote The Essex Serpent
During an afternoon drive through Essex, Perry learned about a 17th-century legend of a mysterious beast menacing the area. What if it came back?
Sarah Perry
04, Jan, 2020 @12:00 PM
Out of my mind: Sarah Perry on writing under the influence of drugs
When a medical condition left her in agony, The Essex Serpent author was prescribed powerful opiates. They gave her terrifying visions - and a new insight into literary drug culture
Sarah Perry
29, Sep, 2018 @7:59 AM
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