Tsitsi Dangarembga, Anne Carson and Mary Gaitskill honoured by Royal Society of Literature
New authors chosen for the RSL International Writers programme, championing ‘the power of literature to transcend borders’, are announced
June 2018
The Guardian Books podcast
Hay festival 2018: the Golden Booker, Akala, Tishani Doshi and more
We discover the five best Booker winners, listen in to a smart rap on racial prejudice, and find out what #metoo means in India
May 2018
The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez review – a history of conspiracy
The acclaimed Colombian novelist investigates two defining political murders in Bogotá’s past, in a multilayered critique of conspiracy aesthetics
July 2016
Notebook
Has Pablo Escobar come back as a hippo?
Peter Bradshaw
The Colombian drug lord’s legacy is paralleled by the environmental catastrophe unleashed by his escaped pets
May 2016
Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez review – the late-life crisis of a political cartoonist
This story of how a Colombian rebel is embraced by the establishment is promising but problematic
May 2015
The All Saints’ Day Lovers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez review – shotguns, betrayals and freshly opened wounds
Seven stories from the Impac prizewinner powerfully dramatise the discreet pangs of the Belgian rural bourgeoisie
June 2014
Books blog
Impac prize judge Maya Jaggi: how we chose this year's winner
Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez is not a lone talent, but part of a rising generation of authors just hitting their stride, writes Maya Jaggi
April 2014
Impac prize shortlist pits newcomers against international stars of fiction
Alison Flood: Karl Ove Knausgaard and Juan Gabriel Vásquez vie with debutants Donal Ryan and Patrick Flanery for €100,000 award
December 2012
Top 10s
Michael Jacobs's top 10 Colombian stories
The author recommends books to better understand a country whose traumatic history is balanced by life-affirming exuberance
November 2012
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez – review
The Sound of Things falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez – review
May 2012
Listening to Carlos Fuentes with my eyes
Juan Gabriel Vásquez: I saw him last October, I saw him in January, but I won't see him in November. From Fuentes I learned generosity of spirit
February 2012
The Guardian Books podcast
Guardian Books podcast: Juan Gabriel Vásquez at A Room for London
Juan Gabriel Vásquez, the Colombian novelist, the first occupant of A Room for London - shares his thoughts from on top of the South Bank Centre over the Thames
June 2010
A life in ...
A life in writing: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Both Evelio Rosero and Juan Gabriel Vásquez among the final six contenders for the £10,000 award
September 2008
Beyond Bogotá
Juan Gabriel Vásquez talks to Richard Lea about how getting away from Colombia allowed him to write about it, and his ongoing quest for new fictional territory
May 2008
Euro 2008: choose a team
Juan Gabriel Vásquez supports Spain
Five reasons why Juan Gabriel Vásquez thinks you should support Spain in Euro 2008
Sportblog
Who should we back in Euro 2008?
Writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez makes the case for supporting Spain
Hay festival: Extract from The Informers
The Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vasquez's first novel, The Informers, is a tale of betrayal and intrigue in the second world war. The trail begins here, in this extract from the first chapter, with a phone call from the narrator's father
