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theguardian.com > books > 04/03/2026 > sarah-hall-everyone-wangs-on-about-anna-karenina-ive-never-been-able-to-finish-it

Sarah Hall: ‘Everyone wangs on about Anna Karenina – I’ve never been able to finish it’

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (292+ words) The author on being inspired by Michael Ondaatje and how Hilary Mantel helped her overcome her aversion to historical figure novels My favourite book growing up Big books gave me the whirlies so it took a while for them to…...

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theguardian.com > books > 09/14/2025 > i-was-writing-at-my-lowest-ebb-scottish-author-len-pennie-on-domestic-abuse-and-the-power-of-poetry

‘I was writing at my lowest ebb’: Scottish author Len Pennie on domestic abuse and the power of poetry

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (419+ words) Len Pennie won praise and faced criticism for exploring domestic abuse in her award-winning debut. She talks about partying sober, writing in Scots, and why she’s rooting out stigma in her follow-up collection When Len Pennie’s debut, poyums, won the…...