A Confederacy of Dunces audiobook review – Reginald D. Hunter narrates a comedy classic
The comedian rises to the challenge of bringing John Kennedy Toole’s motley cast of misfits to life
June 2018
Book clinic
Book clinic: what to read on a road trip in the deep south
From William Faulkner to John Kennedy Toole, Alex Preston selects authors who evoke America’s civil rights history
June 2017
Reading group
Questions answered on A Confederacy of Dunces with John Kennedy Toole's biographer
Reading group
A Confederacy of Dunces doesn't need to 'develop' – but it does
Reading group
A Confederacy of Dunces: a Pulitzer winner's struggle to find a publisher
Reading group
John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces is June's reading group book
May 2017
Reading group
Help choose a Pulitzer prize winner for June's reading group
In honour of the US award’s centenary, please speak up for one of the great American novels it has recognised. Your votes will decide which one we look at
October 2016
The Little Library Café
Food in books: salted caramel brownies from A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole’s hero might not always appreciate his mother’s baking, but her brownies raise fond memories in Kate Young
August 2015
The 100 best novels
The 100 best novels: from Bunyan’s pilgrim to Carey’s Ned Kelly
Two years in the making, our list of the 100 greatest English-language novels of all time is now complete. Robert McCrum reflects on who got left out, and why
April 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
October 2013
David Bowie's top 100 must-read books
Jack Kerouac, Spike Milligan and Sarah Waters among star's favourite authors, revealed at exhibition in Ontario
