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Jon McGregor

All of the latest news about and reviews of Jon McGregor.

April 2022

  • ‘The hedgerows are getting ready to come out’ … Jon McGregor’s view as he cycled between Carlisle and Grasmere.

    ‘Everywhere I stop bookshops are thriving’: novelist Jon McGregor tours his latest book by bike

    Bored of the online book readings brought on by Covid, the writer saddled up to see how many independent book stores he could visit in a week on two wheels

May 2021

  • ‘The White Continent has left many authors with blank pages.’

    Book of the week
    Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor review – beyond words

    Disaster in the Antarctic necessitates heroism at home, in this beautifully restrained interrogation of language, care and loss

December 2020

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Author, photographed for The Guardian Review Nov 2020 Makeup: Adella Makeup Hair: Omoyele Omolade Photography: Manny Jefferson Lighting: Akin Akinrinwa 2G5A0600

    'I am a pessimistic optimist': Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie answers authors' questions

    Named the ‘winner of winners’ of the Women’s prize, Bernardine Evaristo, Maggie O’Farrell and others ask the author about the #EndSars protests in Nigeria, writing about Trump, and the culture that got her through 2020

April 2020

  • Illustration by Lehel Kovács

    Lockdown culture
    Novelists pick books to inspire, uplift, and offer escape

    From Hilary Mantel to Kazuo Ishiguro and Marlon James to Sebastian Barry, writers share their favourite literary comforts

October 2018

  • Young woman reading a book on quiet room with hands close up<br>A3771N Young woman reading a book on quiet room with hands close up

    Books blog
    Just how helpful is reading for depression?

    Raifa Rafiq
    As winter blues loom, many turn to books for distraction or consolation. But these familiar balms are not always enough
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