Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck: Review June 4, 2024 Fate and freedom are at loggerheads in this mesmerising portrayal of an abusive relationship that crumbles alongside the Berlin Wall
Book off! There are too many books – here’s a solution June 3, 2024 The world now contains over 145m different titles, with 1.4m more published each year. The deluge dooms us to suffer from decision paralysis.
Bloomsbury hikes dividend as Harry Potter and Sarah J. Maas titles power profit record May 23, 2024 Consumer revenue increased 49 per cent, fuelled by literary success, in particular by sales of J. Maas's fantasy fiction books.
Eco activists calling for literature festival boycotts should read a book May 20, 2024 Writers signing a letter calling on book festival sponsor Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels exhibit a lazy habit of mind that has no place in literature, says Alys Denby The arts should always be anti-establishment. Only an autocracy would demand that all its creative output mindlessly cohered to the values of the regime. [...]
The Debate: Is Shakespeare elitist? April 24, 2024 To celebrate the Bard's birthday, our opinion desk and lifestyle desk go head to head to battle out Shakespeare's enduring legacy.
Knife review: Salman Rushdie’s memoir is a reckoning with his reader – and it’s written with resentment April 22, 2024 Salman Rushdie's Knife is a reckoning with his reader, and it is written with resentment, writes Anna Moloney.
The wretched stages of writing a book, which nobody should do April 18, 2024 Ever tried writing a book? Don’t bother, it’s an endless cycle of self-doubt and recrimination. But do buy my new one, Four Stars
Inside the whimsical life of A Gentleman in Moscow author Amor Towles April 11, 2024 Known for his buttery prose, Anna Moloney finds the A Gentleman in Moscow author has led a life straight from one of his novels.
Underdog: The Other Other Bronte at the Dorfman Theatre review April 5, 2024 Underdog is not especially deep but examinations of sisterhood are rare and thus deserving, argues Lucy Kenningham
Gen Z may love reading, but that won’t save the UK’s struggling libraries February 28, 2024 Gen Z are making reading cool, but that won't help the widespread crisis facing UK public libraries, writes Anna Moloney.