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Chatto Poets: Liz Berry, Sarah Howe and Helen Mort
Three of the best new poets in years were reading in the Bookshop. Helen Mort’s *[Division Street][1]* (Chatto) was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Pr…
10 years, 8 months ago
Granada: The Light of Andalucía, with Steven Nightingale and Robert Irwin
Steven Nightingale's Granada: The Light of Andalucía (Nicholas Brealey) is a rhapsodic celebration of one of Spain's most beautiful and fascinating c…
10 years, 9 months ago
Etgar Keret in Conversation with Naomi Alderman
Israeli author Etgar Keret has been described by Clive James as 'one of the most important writers alive', by Salman Rushdie as 'A brilliant writer .…
10 years, 9 months ago
Iain Sinclair and Brian Catling: Black Apple of the Vorrh
Two very different books, Iain Sinclair’s Black Apples of Gower and Brian Catling’s The Vorrh share a measure of common ground: the Cave of Origin (i…
10 years, 10 months ago
Carcanet New Poetries VI
Over the past two decades Carcanet’s New Poetries anthologies have been discovering the best new poets in English, and have provided readers with the…
10 years, 10 months ago
The Story of Alice: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst & Vanessa Tait
Alice in Wonderland is 150 years old this year. To celebrate her anniversary we have invited Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Professor of English Literatur…
10 years, 10 months ago
On Elizabeth Bishop: Colm Tóibín and Ruth Padel
In On Elizabeth Bishop novelist and essayist Colm Tóibín provides a deeply personal meditation on one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, and …
10 years, 11 months ago
Curationism: David Balzer and Zoe Pilger
'The more conscious a work of art is of its audience, the more curated it becomes.'‘Curation’ has become a buzzword, applied to everything from music…
11 years ago
Curiosity: Alberto Manguel and John Sutherland
Alberto Manguel is a Canadian writer, translator, editor and critic, but most of all, he is a reader. In his latest book Curiosity (Yale) Manguel gui…
11 years ago
After the Election: A Debate
The May General Election looks likely to be the closest in a generation. But what happens after it? The gap between the two main parties is narrower …
11 years ago