The Story of the Forest by Linda Grant review – 20th-century journeys
A brother and sister leave Latvia for Liverpool in this impressive family epic, an intimate history of Jewish assimilation
April 2023
The Story of the Forest by Linda Grant review – a many-stranded generational saga
The writer’s lively ninth novel, tracing a family’s journey from Latvia to Liverpool, explores the making of myth and history
April 2020
Women's prize at 25: what it is like to win by Zadie Smith, Naomi Alderman and more
Winning authors explain how the award changed their lives and share their favourite books by women
March 2020
Lockdown culture
Shelf isolation: stylish reads to keep your spirits up
From the escapism of F Scott Fitzgerald to the story of the woman who edited Vogue in the Blitz, the Guardian fashion team suggest style-focused books to distract and inspire
August 2019
Impossible times for political novels
Letters:Peter Taylor-Gooby and Doug Sandle respond to Dorian Lynskey’s article on the death of the political novel
May 2019
In brief: Palaces of Pleasure; A Stranger City; Frieda – reviews
Instant gratification 19th-century style, a novel about modern London, and a portrait of DH Lawrence’s muse
April 2019
Books interview
Linda Grant: ‘I was brought up with paranoia’
The writer on her Brexit novel, A Stranger City, the role of clothes in her fiction – and why she always returns to Anita Brookner
February 2017
Gary Lineker joins stars to condemn scrapping of Dubs refugee scheme
More than 200 celebrities including Keira Knightley and Mark Rylance tell Theresa May that ending scheme is ‘truly shameful’
November 2016
The Dark Circle by Linda Grant review – insurrection in the sanatorium
My writing day
Linda Grant: ‘I can't write after lunch, in a public place, or when anyone is in the house'
October 2016
Book of the day
The Dark Circle by Linda Grant review – heartbreak and hope in postwar London
The 1950s are vividly captured as a twin brother and sister bring colour and life to the enclosed world of a sanatorium
January 2016
Authors call for boycott of festivals that do not pay
Joanne Harris and Linda Grant among signatories of letter saying authors have been giving services for free for too long
November 2015
Rachel Cooke's shelf life
Diversions down memory lane
Two equally gripping books remind us how the world is shaped by how we remember it
October 2015
Israel needs cultural bridges, not boycotts – letter from JK Rowling, Simon Schama and others
Letter: Cultural boycotts singling out Israel are divisive and discriminatory, and will not further peace
August 2015
Upstairs at the Party by Linda Grant review – intriguing and evocative
Memories of heady university days in the 1970s bring both humour and sadness to this skilled mix of campus novel and mystery
June 2015
Labour’s triumphs, travails and the search for a leader
Letters: Linda Grant’s inspiring activism deserves close study by all the political parties
August 2014
Weekend love special
The one that got away: Linda Grant
'On the rock-hard sands he laid his sleeping bag next to mine. With a deft movement, he reached out, unzipped and entered. It was more romantic than I make it sound'
July 2014
Upstairs at the Party review – Linda Grant's tale of early 70s student life
Upstairs at the Party by Linda Grant review – when Bowie ruled the world
June 2014
Ebooks: the new reading
Murder your library and you lose much of yourself
As Linda Grant's new Kindle Single illustrates, e-readers are no substitute for a full bookshelf, writes Anna Baddeley
