Articles tagged “today elsewhere”
Listen to Helen Trinca discuss her new book, Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John, with Richard Glover on Drive and Phillip Adams on Late Night Live.
Who is Katherine Mansfield? The Paris Review investigates.
Her maximalist style puts her in the realms of David Foster Wallace or early David Mitchell, but unlike almost any other postmodern author, for whom concepts frequently trump character, Ozeki can pluck at the heartstrings like a shamisen, offering moments that bring hand to
Read an absorbing account of the West Memphis Three story as portrayed by books and documentaries, including Damien Echols' memoir Life After Death.
‘The Art of Unborrowed Books’ is an evocative new art installation comprised of library books that have never been checked out.
An interview in the Guardian with Ruth Ozeki, author of the brilliant A Tale for the Time Being, out now. Read some terrific reviews of A Tale for the Time Being in the Independent and the Washington Post.
Listen to a special edition of the Guardian Books podcast from the Adelaide Festival, featuring publisher Michael Heyward on the Text Classics and Geordie Williamson on the demise of Australian lit.
Daniel Pink explains why we’re all on the sales pitch.
200 years of Pride and Prejudice: readers share their memories of Jane Austen.
Coetzee hasn’t done anything as fine and beautifully executed as this since Disgrace. Andrew Riemer’s review of J. M. Coetzee’s new novel, The Childhood of Jesus.
Rose Tremain on how a particular smell inspired her to become a writer.
‘Ron Rash’s new short story collection, Nothing Gold Can Stay, is this Appalachian author’s best book since his 2008 Serena. If Read more
