My earliest reading memoryI was taught to read quite early, at five or six, probably so that I would sit quietly and not be a nuisance to the adults. And it worked.... Read more »
My earliest reading memoryI was six, and in the lounge in my first home in Manchester. I was sitting cross-legged on the grey carpet, in 1977, when I finished reading whichever of Enid Blyton’s brilliant Secret Seven... Read more »
I met Philippa Brewster in 1983. She was a commissioning editor at Routledge & Kegan Paul â in those days an independent London publisher, specialising in nonfiction. Philippa had been given the go-ahead... Read more »
The 2022 publication of A Hunger, Ross Raisinâs fourth novel, was his âlowest momentâ, the 45-year-old author says. âIt was a deflating experience.â The book received positive reviews, but then Raisin found... Read more »
âI know youâre trying to skirt around it,â says BenjamÃn Labatut when I put to him that his books concern people of unworldly intelligence working on problems that are maximally deep, âbut the... Read more »