Heavy hitter from left field
British readers worried that US bestselling novel The Art of Fielding is purely about baseball can allay their fears. The sport is in the book to focus on the hero's very public crisis, says the authorThe Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach's debut novel of ...
Fred Pearce on land grabbing
The science and environment author discusses a growing global threat• Read an extract from Fred Pearce's new book The Land GrabbersWhat inspired you to write The Land Grabbers?Over the last few years, I became aware of this hidden revolution taking p...
‘The Booker can drive people mad’
When Alan Hollinghurst's celebrated The Stranger's Child was omitted from the literary prize's shortlist, many questioned the award's credibility. Twelve months on, Britain's great stylist breaks his silence on the issue – and on what turns young peo...
Bafta TV special: Jo Brand, Charlie Higson and Rebecca Front
Stars of the small screen reveal their TV secretsThe stand up: Jo BrandJo Brand bats away the suggestion that she's a national treasure. "To me that's someone who has a global reach, like Helen Mirren, or someone who's extremely good, like Stephen Fry....
Alain Badiou: a life in writing
'So many people now don't know the joy of love. They know sexual pleasure, but we all know what Lacan said about sexual pleasure'Love, says France's greatest living philosopher, "is not a contract between two narcissists. It's more than that. It's a co...
Alain Badiou: a life in writing
'So many people now don't know the joy of love. They know sexual pleasure, but we all know what Lacan said about sexual pleasure'Love, says France's greatest living philosopher, "is not a contract between two narcissists. It's more than that. It's a co...
Alain Badiou: a life in writing
'So many people now don't know the joy of love. They know sexual pleasure, but we all know what Lacan said about sexual pleasure'Love, says France's greatest living philosopher, "is not a contract between two narcissists. It's more than that. It's a co...
Alain Badiou: a life in writing
'So many people now don't know the joy of love. They know sexual pleasure, but we all know what Lacan said about sexual pleasure'Love, says France's greatest living philosopher, "is not a contract between two narcissists. It's more than that. It's a co...
Alain Badiou: a life in writing
'So many people now don't know the joy of love. They know sexual pleasure, but we all know what Lacan said about sexual pleasure'Love, says France's greatest living philosopher, "is not a contract between two narcissists. It's more than that. It's a co...
David Starkey: My family values
The historian talks about his familyI was born at the Helm Chase nursing home in Kendal and I still have the receipt. It was before the National Health Service so you had to pay. It was £3 and something, which was three times what my father earned in ...
Small Press Spotlight: Rene S. Perez II
Along These Highways, University of Arizona Press, 2012.
Rene S. Perez II was born in Kingsville, Texas, and raised in Corpus Christi. He received a BA from the University of Texas and an MFA from Texas State University. He is the winner of th...
Nick Harkaway: ‘The book industry has got to get online publishing right’
The sci-fi novelist turns non-fiction author to investigate technology and the future of readingThe author of two well-received science fiction novels, The Gone-Away World (2008) and Angelmaker (2012), Nick Harkaway (born 1972) is also an experienced t...
