Elly Griffiths: ‘If I love a book I read it multiple times’
The crime writer on embracing politics in her teens, discovering the thrill of George Eliot, and learning from Wilkie Collins
September 2022
Peter Davison obituary
Leading authority on the life of George Orwell who edited the mammoth 20-volume George Orwell: The Complete Works
January 2018
Digested read
Writer's Luck: A Memoir 1976-1991 by David Lodge – digested read
Writer’s Luck: A Memoir 1976-1991 by David Lodge – review
December 2017
Writer’s Luck by David Lodge review – from academia to the mainstream
Nonfiction to look out for in 2018
January 2017
'I fell out of bed laughing': writers on their favourite funny book
Nina Stibbe, David Nicholls, Bridget Christie and others reveal the books that made them laugh the most
November 2016
Norman Sherry obituary
Writer best known for his three-volume biography of Graham Greene
October 2016
The Man Who Wouldn’t Get Up and Other Stories by David Lodge - review
This collection, spanning four decades, highlights the limits of relationships between the sexes
November 2015
Narendra Modi visit: authors call for David Cameron to address free speech
Ahead of the Indian prime minister’s UK visit, hundreds of authors including Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan urge Cameron to ‘speak out’ on threats to free expression in India
August 2015
Journeys in literature
Changing Places by David Lodge - the campus novel in full flight
The first of David Lodge’s Campus Trilogy is formally daring and filled with forgotten glamour from the early days of mass air travel
June 2015
Reading American cities
Books about Honolulu: readers' picks
The Hawaiian state capital offers literary gems galore. Whether you’re heading there or just want to add some tropical flair to your library, here are our readers’ recommendations
February 2015
Greenslade
The Tablet set to celebrate its 175th year of continuous publication
Quite a Good Time to Be Born by David Lodge review – a top novelist, and a bag of nerves
January 2015
Critical eye
Books reviews roundup: Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir, 1935-75; Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry and Soumission
Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir 1935-1975 by David Lodge – review
October 2014
Tips, links and suggestions
Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?
Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them
July 2014
Top 10s
Top 10 books of the Midlands
From Caitlin Moran to Wesleyan Methodists, novelist Sathnam Sanghera selects the best books portraying the 'formless' centre of England
February 2014
Lives in Writing by David Lodge – review
Novelist-critic David Lodge explores the idea of literary biography in his latest collection of essays, writes Lucian Robinson
October 2012
Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels
We challenged well-known writers – from Ian Rankin and Helen Fielding to Jeffrey Archer and Jilly Cooper – to come up with a story of up to 140 characters. This is their stab at Twitter fiction
