Warnings from History
Srinath Perur on what we can learn from the collapse of ancient capitals
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The collapse of ancient cities
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Daisy Hay's New Book about the Disraelis Out Now
Read the Guardian article here -
Round-Up of the Round-Ups
Aitken Alexanders books in the picks of 2014 -
Colin Barrett wins Guardian First Book Award
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Bilal Tanweer wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize
and is shortlisted for DSC prize -
The Curious Incident Hits Broadway
'Be prepared to have all your emotional and sensory buttons pushed' -
Pat Barker's REGENERATION
Adapted for the stage by Nicholas Wright and directed by Simon Godwin
A Political Romance
Daisy Hay’s essay on how the marriage of Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli broke every rule in the book
Perfect Surprise
Wolf Larsen’s If I Be Wrong featured in Three Ireland advert
Round-up of the Round-ups
We look at who’s chosen which Aitken Alexander books as their picks for 2014
Merry Christmas from Bob
James Bowen and Street Cat Bob’s Christmas Message
The Dinosaurs on Other Planets
In case you missed it: Danielle McLaughlin’s story as published in The New Yorker
Colin Barrett’s prize-winning habit
Short story collection Young Skins awarded Guardian First Book Award
The Scatter Here Is Too Great
Bilal Tanweer wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and is shortlisted for DSC prize
La Ignorancia de Sangre
Film adaptation of Robert Wilson’s 4th Falcón novel released
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
Filming is underway on Liz Jensen’s much loved novel
Queen Victoria’s Letters
A Monarch Unveiled in a two part production for BBC4
The Spirit of Place
The Independent call Philip Marsden’s Rising Ground ‘superb’
Rees Longlisted for the William Hill Prize
The Three Degrees by Paul Rees up for Sports Book of the Year
A Broadway Triumph
The theatre adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time opens in New York to fantastic reviews
Abrahamson To Direct NEVERHOME
Lenny Abrahamson To Direct ‘Neverhome’ Adaptation Of Laird Hunt’s Civil War Novel
Pat Barker’s Regeneration
Adapted for the stage by Nicholas Wright and directed by Simon Godwin.
Return to Betjemanland
A.N. Wilson explores the life of his hero John Betjeman for BBC4
Crisis in the Middle East
An excerpt from The Jihadis Return by Patrick Cockburn
Reading not Writing
Moving to Berlin allowed Greg Baxter to discover the power of history well-told
Etgar Keret: the Granta Interview
The Israeli story writer and filmmaker discusses fact, fiction, and inspiration with Sophie Lewis
Mao’s Sarcophagus and Other Constructions
Michiko Kakutani Reviews Jack Livings’s The Dog for The New York Times
Hail Mary Softball
Tara Clancy on her ragtag Queens softball team and their ultimate desperation play
Switchback, 1994
A short story by Jack Livings from his new collection, The Dog
Every line of living has its hazards
From the Frank O’Connor Award winning collection Young Skins
Sex and Drugs and the First World War
For the centenary, Philip Hoare looks at the decadent side of the Great War
Israel’s Other War
Etgar Keret on the war against Israel’s “enemy within”
The Dream of Invisibility
Philip Ball discusses one of our most powerful fantasies
The Three Degrees
The Men Who Changed British Football Forever
The War Widows of Afghanistan
Zarghuna Kargar speaks to widows in Britain and Afghanistan connected by the same war
Behind the Cover
The beautiful illustrated cover of The Incarnations by Susan Barker
India in English
Samanth Subramanian on India’s complex relationship with the English language
Metallica
One of the most thrilling and unpredictable rock bands ever?
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Inheritance
How Edward St. Aubyn made literature out of a poisoned legacy
Moira Young interview
My concern has always been to do right by Saba and her story
Alan Johnson
‘I thought I was writing something people would appreciate’
Prince
will we all finally fall 4 him?
The Story of Women and Art
by Amanda Vickery
Golazo!
Andreas Campomar Picks His Favourite Latin American Goals
Why We Look the Way We Look Now
Deborah Cohen looks at the enduring influence of 1930s fashion
What Drives Penny Vincenzi?
In this video Penny Vincenzi talks about her latest novel