‘I don’t believe I’ve ever written a children’s book’
Video: Maurice Sendak, who died yesterday, on comics, Blake and not writing for children
Maurice Sendak’s stories opened the door to the Wild Things
The fiercely private writer and illustrator's gloriously unsentimental books achieved that rare thing in children's literature – a place in our collective consciousnessSad, sad news: Maurice Sendak, the prolific children's writer and illustrator best...
Maurice Sendak, father of the Wild Things, dies at 83
The prize-winning author and illustrator of more than 100 books, including the children's classic Where the Wild Things Are, has died aged 83Maurice Sendak, American born author of Where the Wild Things Are, has died at the age of 83. Over a career tha...
In One Person
An aspiring novelist struggles to come to terms with his sexuality in John Irving's memorable hymn to individualityIt has always seemed appropriate that John Irving is the only great contemporary novelist to have been inducted into the National Wrestli...
The Avengers: theaters bank on the midnight mania of diehard fans
As the film industry continues to struggle with ways to fend off piracy, theaters rely increasingly on fans desperate to see it firstIt wouldn't have been enough for Nathan Owens simply to show up at the movies at midnight, despite having to be at his ...
Benzion Netanyahu obituary
Historian and uncompromising Zionist who had a profound influence on his son Binyamin, Israel's prime ministerThe Israeli historian Benzion Netanyahu, who has died aged 102, was an uncompromising Zionist best known for the profound influence he had ove...
Stephen King: I’m rich, tax me
In an expletive-filled condemnation of America's tax system, the bestselling novelist, who donates $4m a year to charity, says wealthy Americans have a 'moral imperative' to pay higher taxesBestselling novelist Stephen King, who gives away $4m (£2.5m)...
Toni Morrison to receive presidential medal of freedom
The Nobel prize-winning author of Beloved will be given the highest civilian honour in the USNovelist Toni Morrison is to be given the highest civilian honour in the US, the presidential medal of freedom, Barack Obama has announced.The Nobel-winning au...
Pakistan on the Brink by Ahmed Rashid
Fatima Bhutto questions a study in which power has replaced the people and western narratives elbow out the real storyAt the start of Pakistan on the Brink, Ahmed Rashid confesses that he didn't really want to write the book and that it was "forced" ou...
Maurice Sendak: the fight in him was an expression of life