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Ann Patchett

June 2024

  • Composite image of best paperbacks February 2024

    This month's best paperbacks
    This month’s best paperbacks: Zadie Smith, Matthew Perry and more

    Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from gripping novels to touching memoirs

July 2023

  • Life is a bowl of cherries in Tom Lake.

    Tom Lake by Ann Patchett review – homespun happiness

    An American fruit farm is the setting for a bittersweet tale of family heartbreak and hope during the pandemic
  • Ann Patchett

    Book of the day
    Tom Lake by Ann Patchett review – a lesson in how to kiss and tell

    Patchett’s new novel, in which a mother tells her daughters about her early romance with a famous actor, is a gentle but revealing meditation on lost love and destiny
  • American author Ann Patchett

    ‘In a world that is going to hell, there is still so much joy’: Ann Patchett on finding happiness

    The Nashville author’s essay, These Precious Days, prompted a global outpouring of love, and her new book celebrates the wonder of ordinary life. She talks about running a bookshop, resisting censorship and taking inspiration from Madonna

January 2022

  • Empire of Pain by Robert Maxwell; A Short History Of Spaghetti With Tomato Sauce by Massimo Montanari; Beyond a Boundary by CLR James; Fall by John Preston; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

    What we're reading
    What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they’ve enjoyed in January

    Megan Nolan, Rishi Dastidar, Alison Flood and Guardian reader gladarvor discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month

November 2021

  • Ann Patchett By Heidi Ross. Nashville Shot Exclusively For The Guardian

    These Precious Days by Ann Patchett review – radiant lessons in writing and living

  • Ann Patchett.

    Book of the day
    These Precious Days by Ann Patchett review – a reckoning with loss

November 2020

  • Tim Minchin.

    On my radar
    On my radar: Tim Minchin's cultural highlights

    The comedian and musician on kayaking in Kangaroo Valley, and why the world is getting better

April 2020

  • Illustration: Owen Gatley

    Women's prize at 25: what it is like to win by Zadie Smith, Naomi Alderman and more

    Winning authors explain how the award changed their lives and share their favourite books by women

March 2020

  • Hilary Mantel, author. Budleigh Slaterton, Devon. Photograph by David Levene 31/1/20

    Women's prize for fiction lines up 'heavy hitters' on 2020 longlist

    Three Booker winners lead a 16-strong field contending for £30,000 prize in what judges described as ‘an extraordinary year’

November 2019

  • Ann Patchett …

    Books that made me
    Ann Patchett: ‘Hunger by Roxane Gay opened my eyes’

    The novelist on learning from John Updike, failing to read Anthony Trollope and the laugh-out-loud comedy of Nina Stibbe

October 2019

  • Ann Patchett, author, photographed in Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Ann Patchett on her latest novel and facing down Amazon – books podcast

    On this week’s show, the US novelist talks about The Dutch House and we discuss your additions to our top 100 books of the 21st century list

September 2019

  • Ann Patchett By Heidi Ross. Nashville Shot Exclusively For The Guardian

    The Dutch House by Ann Patchett review – indelibly poignant

    The US writer’s meticulous eighth novel is a twisting family drama spanning five decades
  • Ropsley House in Philadelphia, built in 1916.

    Book of the day
    The Dutch House by Ann Patchett review – an irresistible modern fairytale

    Both mythic and naturalistic, Patchett’s story of children expelled from the mansion of their childhood by an evil stepmother showcases her great skill
  • Ann Patchett, author, photographed in Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London

    Books interview
    Ann Patchett: ‘We’re almost embarrassed by grief. It’s so strange’

    The American novelist on writing a modern-day fairytale, the unreliability of memory, and how Zadie Smith inspired her to create a wicked stepmother

July 2019

  • Walk With Me 09 011 Thich Nhat Hanh Plum Village Monastery France

    Book clinic
    Book clinic: what books can help me to love my enemies?

    Buddhist wisdom and Anita Brookner help make sense of those annoying others

April 2019

  • JULIANNE MOORE & MARIA MERCEDES COROY BEL CANTO (2018)<br>RGRAA3 JULIANNE MOORE & MARIA MERCEDES COROY BEL CANTO (2018)

    Bel Canto review – vacuous hostage drama

  • Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe in Bel Canto.

    Bel Canto review – Julianne Moore trills as opera star in hostage drama

January 2019

  • a still from the 2010 film of Norwegian Wood

    Top 10s
    Top 10 musical novels

    Novelist Rebecca Kauffman chooses work by authors from Ann Patchett to Zadie Smith resounding with music and musicians

April 2017

  • Ann Patchett: ‘My favourite word? Bumblebee.’

    The Q&A
    Ann Patchett: ‘My best kiss? I kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award’

    The novelist on the curse of email, her ‘uneven’ eyes and hating Donald Trump
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