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Carol Birch

October 2016

  • Julia Pastrana

    Orphans of the Carnival by Carol Birch review – meet the Ugliest Woman in the World

    Roll up, roll up, for a beautifully written novel about the poignant inner life of 19th-century touring freakshow attraction Julia Pastrana

August 2016

  • Carol Birch Christopher Thomond

    A life in ...
    Carol Birch: ‘I am amazed at how people come through extreme things – at the strength of people’

    The novelist on Victorian freak shows, taking flak about the Man Booker prize, and her obligation to the real people behind her stories

December 2011

  • Silhouetted Reindeer Migrating Through Ocean

    2011 in review
    Books for giving: fiction

    Justine Jordan finds much to admire in the novels published this year

October 2011

  • Julian Barnes

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Guardian Books podcast: Barnes wins Booker

  • Books blog
    Readers' Booker reviews

  • Alan Hollinghurst

    Galaxy shortlist gives Hollinghurst a second go against Booker rivals

  • Robert McCrum

    Robert McCrum on books
    Julian Barnes for the Booker? It could just happen

    Robert McCrum

  • Sue Arnold's audiobook choice
    Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews

  • Guardian Books audio: Carol Birch on Booker shortlist

September 2011

  • Man Booker prize judges

    Booker prize shortlist breaks sales records

  • Carol Birch

    A life in ...
    A life in writing: Carol Birch

  • Man Booker prize shortlist

    Man Booker prize shortlist includes first western and novel by care worker

  • Julian Barnes

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Guardian Books podcast: 2011 Booker shortlist

  • Booker prize 2011 shortlist drops Hollinghurst in favour of first-timers

  • Man Booker prize 2011 shortlist - in pictures

March 2011

  • Berlin, Germany: A ferris-wheel at the opening of the Christmas market

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Guardian Books podcast: Books in Germany and an interview with Orange prize longlisted Carol Birch

    Helen Pidd in Berlin finds out what Germans are reading, you tell us your favourite German books, Simon Winder explores the roots of German culture – and Carol Birch talks about her latest novel, Jamrach's Menagerie

February 2011

  • Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch - review

    Carol Birch's new novel moves smoothly from Wapping to whaling. By Alex Clark

November 2007

  • Escape artist (turned midwife)

    Carol Birch's Scapegallows masterfully details the dramatic life of Margaret Catchpole. Rachel Hore is impressed.

July 2006

  • Journey of self-discovery

    Helen Zaltzman on ndecision by Benjamin Kunkel | Praying Mantis, by Andre Brink | The Naming of Eliza Quinn, by Carol Birch

November 2005

  • Lorelei's flight

    DJ Taylor is impressed by Carol Birch's The Naming of Eliza Quinn, a tale of family feuds and long-buried secrets.

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