Collapse by Édouard Louis review – coming to terms with a brother’s death | Fiction in translation

Collapse by Édouard Louis review – coming to terms with a brother’s death | Fiction in translation

At 33, the French writer Édouard Louis has already seen all seven of his slim novels translated into English. In his breakout debut, The End of Eddy (2017), and again in Change... Read more »
Cracking stories, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir | Books

Cracking stories, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir | Books

Gromit, the canine star of the Wallace and Gromit animations, is “breaking his silence” and writing a memoir. After “bottling everything up for a long time”, the moment has come for him... Read more »
‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

Nine-year-old girls reciting the gnomic prose of Don DeLillo – it sounds like an extreme English detention, but for film-maker Ben Rivers this was the foundation of his new movie, and the... Read more »
Wombles set to return after 27 years as IP deal opens door to comeback | Children’s TV

Wombles set to return after 27 years as IP deal opens door to comeback | Children’s TV

Move over Paddington Bear. After almost 30 years off screen, the Wombles – the furry, litter-picking creatures who live beneath Wimbledon Common – are set for a comeback. The characters, whose motto... Read more »
‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, June 16th

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Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens review – the last day of maternity leave is a comic rollercoaster | Fiction

Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens review – the last day of maternity leave is a comic rollercoaster | Fiction

The last day of maternity leave, and an unnamed mother of two decides to stage a “yes day”, full of treats and good feelings. Of course it does not go according to... Read more »
Collapse by Édouard Louis review – coming to terms with a brother’s death | Fiction in translation

From tents to trebles: Edinburgh book festival to set author’s words to music | Edinburgh international book festival

This year’s Edinburgh book festival is expanding its slate of genre-busting musical events, including staging Japanese Noh theatre at one of the city’s oldest religious sites, Greyfriars Kirk. Jenny Niven, the Edinburgh... Read more »
‘Don DeLillo gave me his blessing’: film director Ben Rivers on how fan mail from the Underworld author led to his latest work | Books

Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 15th

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Wash by Erica Wagner review – vivid portrait of a monumental American | Fiction

Wash by Erica Wagner review – vivid portrait of a monumental American | Fiction

Washington Augustus Roebling, or “Wash”, was the chief engineer on the Brooklyn Bridge, which, when opened to the public on 24 May 1883, was the longest suspension bridge in the world. It... Read more »
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