A women’s alternative to the Booker
Books Writer Katie Cook introduces the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and gives her take on this year’s winner – Naomi Alderman, whose novel The Power centres around gender and violence.
The koala bear as a metaphor for life, death, and the struggle to survive
Swiss writer Lukas Bärfuss tackles issues of mortality and the meaning of life in his third novel Koala
In the words of a young poet finding her feet
New volume of Plath’s complete letters reveals the mind of a young poet hungry for success
In defence of ‘difficult’ books
Is a book ‘bad’ because it is ‘too difficult’ to read? Felix writer Ned Summers thinks the issue is in our approach.
Immerse yourself in the tumultuous sea of this 20th century historical drama
Books writer Pavan Inguva explains why Yukio Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy is an exciting blend of history, personal experience and philosophy.
Words of migratory flight
British-Somali women writers read their works as part of Sea Migrations, a collaboration between the London Literature Festival and Somali Week Festival
Hope amid darkness in Philip Pullman’s new series
Best-selling author Philip Pullman graces the London Literature Festival with the launch of his new novel, the prequel to His Dark Materials.
Ali Smith’s Autumn is more than just a post-Brexit manifesto
The innovative and poetic portrayal of a country in turmoil and the lessons learnt is deserving of its Man Booker Prize nomination
On Kazuo Ishiguro
Action, romance, mystery: The makings of a Nobel prize.
How a terrible beauty is born
Vahni Capildeo’s poetry workshop on ‘be-monstering’
An evening discussion with the Booker Prize nominees
The six shortlisted authors sat down the night before the winner was revealed to read from their novels.
Saunders explores the limbo between life and death in debut novel
A fan of Saunders’ short stories, Henry Bennie thought that the transition to a full novel might not be easy, especially for one so acclaimed in short stories - but he finds that he had nothing to fear.