"A ring at the door. It was Flaubert."
In tribute to Helen Garner winning the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, I put together a list of some of the best writers' diaries, from the Goncourt brothers to John Cheever ("Every time I read a review of Saul Bellow, I get the heaves"):
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The 10 best writers’ diaries — from Virginia Woolf to Alan Bennett
As Helen Garner’s diaries win the Baillie Gifford prize, John Self picks ten more literary journals brimful of insight and scandal
