All that he is: an interview with James Salter
Subscriber contentBy Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3815 14th Jun 2013
Belatedly reclaimed as one of America’s great 20th-century novelists, the octogenarian writer proves a bit of a contrarian.
Lydia Davis: Think small
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3676 23rd May 2013
Acclaimed US writer Lydia Davis's off-beam short stories can be just five words long.
An interview with Hilary Mantel
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue Listener Plus 3761 20th Feb 2013
"You see the one losing herself", said Hilary Mantel of Kate Middleton in this June 2012 interview with the Listener.
Interview: DT Max on his biography of David Foster Wallace
Subscriber contentBy Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3784 17th Nov 2012
“You can’t dispose of David in 10,000 words,” says DT Max, explaining why his New Yorker profile of David Foster Wallace became a fully fledged biography
Interview: Alison Moore
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3779 5th Oct 2012
Alison Moore’s The Lighthouse, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and this month’s Listener Book Club choice, is a deceptively understated horror story.
Interview: Chris Cleave
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3762 16th Jun 2012
Chris Cleave is a novelist who likes to write about people undergoing seemingly unimaginable bouts of endurance and suffering.
Interview: Timothy Mo
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3759 26th May 2012
Intellectually restless, fiercely contrarian three-time Booker Prize nominee Timothy Mo returns with his first novel in over 10 years.
Interview: author John Lanchester
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3751 31st Mar 2012
When it comes to the financial meltdown, Lanchester's your man. And now he's written a novel about its impact on the inhabitants of London.
Interview: Scott Graham
By Claire Allfree in Theatre
Issue 3745 18th Feb 2012
The Frantic Assembly Theatre director talks about the physicality of Beautiful Burnout, coming to the International Arts Festival.
Alan Hollinghurst interview
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3713 9th Jul 2011
Man Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst has “never sought to do anything publicly except publish books”, the latest of which is about the much-fought-over reputation of a Rupert Brooke-like figure.