Rain by Mary and Bryan Talbot review – climate-crisis graphic novel
Wuthering depths: the Brontë country graphic novel about floods and fracking
April 2019
Top 10s
Top 10 fictional takes on real lives
From Woody Allen reimagining Van Gogh as a dentist, to Marguerite Yourcenar’s Memoirs of Hadrian, the joint winners of the Republic of Consciousness prize select the best reimaginings
July 2018
Yes, graphic novels are thriving. (Well done, Booker)
Rachel Cooke
Comic book Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is on the longlist for the prize, but it’s just the latest in a fine tradition
December 2017
Book of the day
Grandville Force Majeure by Bryan Talbot review – finale of a joyful graphic series
Badger-headed detective LeBrock of Scotland Yard clashes with a T rex criminal mastermind in the fifth and final volume of Talbot’s anthropomorphic graphic novels
June 2016
The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia, and The Last Communard review – the best model for the left
A graphic biography about a saintly feminist who fought on the barricades of the French Commune and the story of an unlikely revolutionary icon point to new socialist futures
April 2016
Children's books
The best starter graphic novels for YA readers
The world of graphic novels can be hard to navigate, especially if you’re not a superhero fan. Here are seven of the best introductions to the genre for teens
January 2016
2016 the year ahead
Books in 2016: a literary calendar
From a new novel by Julian Barnes to the film of The Girl on the Train, from the most hotly tipped debuts to Henning Mankell’s farewell essays – everything you need to know about the literary year ahead
July 2015
Children's books
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette by Mary M. Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot – review
Lattice: ‘I found that I learnt more about the suffrage movement from reading this book’
February 2015
Books blog
Why our comic-book heroes deserve to be celebrated, not trashed
The long history, abundant diversity and visionary quality of comics produced in the English-speaking world are too rarely appreciated by mainstream critics
January 2015
Bryan Talbot: an interview with the father of the British graphic novel
The books interview: The author of the Grandville series and Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes talks about steampunk, Judge Dredd and Beatrix Potter
Top 10s
Neel Mukherjee’s top 10 books about revolutionaries
Those acting to overthrow an existing order have not had an easy ride from writers, but the portraits here give compelling life to these turbulent men and women
Top 10s
The top 10 books about the suffragettes
As Hollywood gears up for a major film starring Meryl Streep about the struggle for women’s right to vote, novelist Lucy Ribchester chooses the best reading about this pivotal protest movement
December 2014
Children's books
Meet the children's books site members: 8-12 years, G-L
This site belongs to kids who love reading. Find out more about the people who contribute to it here
June 2014
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette review – a very readable crusade
Flashes of colour illuminate the black and white panels in a book that combines an academic attention to detail with passionate politics. By James Smart
January 2014
2014 in books: turn over a new leaf
The return of Sherlock on TV, Wolf Hall at the RSC and Lord of the Flies: the ballet – plus new books from Dave Eggers, Sarah Waters, Stephen King and many more
January 2013
Books blog
Who will win the 2012 Costa book of the year award?
The week in books
How the Costa prize debate got graphic
Costa 2012: Dotter of Her Father's Eyes - extract
Costa awards 2012: graphic biography wins category prize
