Best December reads
The National, December 2017 It’s that time of year when the sheer amount of awards, end-of-year round-ups, gift ideas and seasonal treats can send the casual book buyer into paroxysms of indecision – not least […]
BOOKS
Fiona Mozley on writing a Yorkshire Western
The National, November 2017 It is the moment that all authors, actors, directors and artists must dread. The point when the glittering award-ceremony cameras zero in on their hopeful faces before that momentous, life-changing […]
The rise of Lang Leav and the Instapoets
The National, November 2017 It’s not so long ago that writers, publishers, readers and critics alike were bemoaning contemporary poetry’s inability to cross into the mainstream. It wasn’t dead, so much as moribund. But try […]
Mohammed Hanif on the search for meaning
The National, November 2017 Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif is considering the unique challenges of writing about his home country. In his two novels, A Case Of Exploding Mangoes and Our Lady Of Alice Bhatti, he […]
Philip Pullman – not just for kids
The National, October 2017 It is surely one of the most eagerly awaited books of the year. Seventeen years after the last in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy wowed children and adults alike with […]