Lisa Jardine: fearless star of Britain's intellectual firmament
October 2010
Ang Lee casts unknown teenage actor in Life of Pi
Suraj Sharma, a 17-year-old student from Delhi, wins lead role in film adaptation of Yann Martel's novel
August 2009
The Observer profile
William Trevor: the keen-eyed chronicler
The author is up for his fifth Booker Prize shortlist at the age of 81. Will he finally be given the recognition he deserves?
February 2009
Ang Lee could set sail on Life of Pi
Oscar-winning director of Brokeback Mountain is in talks to direct an adaptation of Yann Martel's acclaimed novel
September 2003
The silence and the glory
As the Booker prize season gets underway Yann Martel, last year's winner, describes the impact of the award on his writing life
November 2002
Word wise web
Today online animation will give book advertising a new lease of life by reaching a whole new audience. Kate Watson-Smyth finds out how the Booker prize-winning Life of Pi was put to film.
Booker winner in plagiarism row
Yann Martel, the Canadian author and winner of this year's Booker prize has become entangled in a row over the plagiarism of fictional ideas after freely admitting the inspiration for his prize-winning novel came from another writer's work.
Posh and books
No one is ambivalent about Jamie Byng; they either love him or loathe him. Not that he gives a damn - since scooping the Booker prize last week, he's been hailed as the most dynamic figure in British publishing. He talks to Libby Brookes about his kids, cocaine and Canongate.
October 2002
Animal magic
The Booker revolution
Booker winner wins Booker
Top publishers rejected Booker winner
Magical realist triumphs - but behind the scenes it's the same old story
Third time lucky
Life of Pi: Review
Fingersmith is book-buyer's Booker choice
Read between the hype
Russell Celyn Jones
Bring on the new
Booker bigwigs clash over rules of top literary award
