Review: NW by Zadie Smith
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3777 21st Sep 2012
Our reviewer’s verdict on this month’s Book Club choice.
Interview: Fiona Kidman
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3766 14th Jul 2012
Fiona Kidman talks about her thematically linked collection of short stories.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson review
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3732 19th Nov 2011
The real story behind Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
Ali Smith interview
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3732 19th Nov 2011
The Scottish author's latest novel, There But For The, is another beguiling, witty postmodern fable.
There's a change a-comin'
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3644 13th Mar 2010
Small Island author Andrea Levy's spirited new novel spans the last decades of slavery in Jamaica.
Lost with a map
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3609 11th Jul 2009
Tash Aw's second novel never quite finds itself.
Found in translation
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3584 17th Jan 2009
Bringing the world to New Zealand and taking New Zealand to the world.
First Course
By Caren Wilton in Books
4th Oct 2008
A debut short-story collection full of tasty morsels.
Seeing in the dark
By Caren Wilton in Books
Issue 3542 29th Mar 2008
Unflinching in her writing, Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright baulks at questions about her controversial essay on the Madeleine McCann case.