The author on taking solace in Joan Didion, discovering Donna Tartt and being cheered up by David Sedaris
My earliest reading memory
The first books I became obsessed with were Enid Blyton’s boarding…
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Enid Blyton
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35 days ago
Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’ ⊕
The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters
My earliest reading memory
A…
43 days ago
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you ⊕
Martin Freeman does his best to lift this three-parter, but it feels like Enid Blyton – made for an international market that thinks Paddington Bear is holding the queen’s hand in heaven
‘Tis the seas…
3 months ago
Sophie Hannah: ‘I gave up on Wuthering Heights three times’ ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The crime writer on actor Frances Farmer’s life-changing story of survival, her favourite self help and discovering Agatha Christie’s alter ego
My earliest reading memory
I was six, and in the lounge…
4 months ago
Joelle Taylor: ‘I picked up The Weirdstone of Brisingamen in a swoon of nine-year-old despair’ ⊕
The poet and playwright on queer classics, cinematic TS Eliot and the comforts of a ghost story
My earliest reading memory
I was around five when my mum first pulled out Clement C Moore’s The Night Bef…
6 months ago
Careful, William... I've always supported you but now your behaviour's left me cold and I'm not alone: LIZ JONES ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
We've all got the message: the three children of William and Kate lead lives of wholesome, old-fashioned, Enid Blyton ordinariness.
8 months ago
Graham Norton: ‘The Bell Jar changed how I felt about books’ ○
The TV presenter and author on discovering the beauty of Charles Dickens and why John Fowles put him off writing for 30 years
My earliest reading memory
I started reading because I was wildly jealous o…
12 months ago
Niall Williams: ‘When I first read Chekhov, I thought: “He’s not so great”’ ○
The Irish author on Enid Blyton at bedtimes, discovering Dickens, and the brilliance of Edna O’Brien
My earliest reading memory
I am sitting at the kitchen table at home in Dublin. I am home from sch…
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