The Nobel laureate László Krasznahorkai on his notoriously long sentences, our estrangement from beauty, and why he would “never voluntarily reread” one of his books.

Another in my Unnecessary Rankings series – and another of my favourite authors (and one that so much of the book blogging world loves too). I haven’t read everything by Margery Sharp b…

In his wicked comedy, The Girls, John Bowen takes us into the world of vicars, fêtes and murder in the Cotswolds of the 1970s

Podcast Episode · The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast · 11 June · 1hr 40min

The author Andrea Bajani reads his short story from this week’s issue. Listen here.

My village book club chose Letter To My Daughter (2008) by Maya Angelou and it’s handy that it’s 175 pages – indeed, because it is split into 28 short chapters, each of which gets…

In this episode, we take a look at the books we have on our nightstands and what they say about us!

David and Trevor are joined by William Remmers to discuss THE LOVE PARADE and MONTE CARLO, the first two films in this reissued set of classic Pre-Code musical comedies.

This week, we’re joined by Nick During and Abigail Dunn from New York Review Books for a wide-ranging conversation about the world of NYRB.

In this episode, we begin a three-part series on the movements of a novel, starting with the opening.

This week, we’re joined by Luis Panini to talk about reading projects.

A unique form developed: voice-driven, absurdist, but always compassionate for put-upon characters

A ‘thick-skinned philistine’ takes over a fading literary magazine … The Palm House establishes Gwendoline Riley as one of our foremost fiction writers

We tend to think of books as belonging somewhere: novel, memoir, biography, fantasy, history.

I always approach a new George Saunders book with hope. Vigil returns to the afterlife, moral reckoning, and the fragile possibility of redemption. But it left me frustrated. Here are my thoughts.

Is that a good book?

In 2018, on the 100th anniversary of Muriel Spark’s birth, I decided to spend the year reading her 22 novels in order. With rather less efficiency than Spark herself, who wrote a novel a year betwe…

David and Trevor wrap up their coverage with a conversation about six “school films” shot between 1975 and 1989.

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