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The Booker-wining author of Possession was known for her voracious research. Now, 68 boxes of her notebooks, letters and diaries acquired by the British Library reveal how she assembled the raw material of her fiction At 20, Antonia Susan Byatt was not…
The Normal People author’s determination to support Palestine Action, even if it means that her books are withdrawn from sale in the UK, makes a mockery of Britain’s terrorism lawsIt’s hard to think of a published author in living memory…
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The bestselling writer talks about leaving Edinburgh for London in his latest mystery, and what the future holds for RebusSir Ian Rankin rarely watches television. Certainly, there’s no gleaming flatscreen in the corner of the apartment in Edinburgh where he…
Her debut made her a global star. Now she has finally written a follow-up – and this time, it’s political. She talks about impostor syndrome, screen adaptations and becoming radicalisedThe artist and novelist Audrey Niffenegger began writing the long-awaited sequel to…
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The French author discovered Carson on a bus while stranded in a snowstorm and has been enthralled by her fearless imagination ever since Where to start with Anne Carson ‘Delights await!’: Margaret Atwood and other writers on Nobel winner Anne…
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle; As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers; The Eye of Goliath by Diego Muzzio; Our Cut of Salt by Deena HelmThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Penguin, £9.99)This…