Blood by Maggie Gee review – slapstick and psychology
Absurdist elements undermine Maggie Gee’s novel about a family riven by violence
February 2019
Blood by Maggie Gee review – teacher on the run
This tale of family violence and forgiveness uses elements of farce, caper, whodunnit and political satire, with a few horror tropes thrown in
July 2016
Best holiday reads 2016
From gripping fiction to history, brilliant poetry to biography, our guest contributors offer their recommendations for the beach and elsewhere
August 2014
Virginia Woolf in Manhattan review – a literary resurrection
Maggie Gee's latest brings Woolf back from the dead, writes Lucy Ellmann
June 2014
Meet the author
Maggie Gee interview: 'Writing novels is a ghastly profession'
The novelist tells Alice O'Keeffe about bringing Virginia Woolf back to life and why Hanif Kureishi is wrong about creative writing courses
May 2012
A plea to restore Kensal Rise library to us
Maggie Gee
Maggie Gee: Land was donated in 1900 with a proviso it be used for a library – the council's 2am raid is a shameful attempt to break the deal
October 2011
Kensal Rise library – opened by Mark Twain, closed by depressing legalese
Maggie Gee
Maggie Gee: a high court ruling is allowing a Labour council to close a library loved by generations of people in north London
August 2011
The Artist of Disappearance by Anita Desai – review
Maggie Gee is impressed by a devastating collection of novellas from India's 'greatest living writer'
November 2010
Prince William, and Kate Middleton, and the return of the ring
Was the second in line to the throne right to mark his engagement to his fiancée with a ring that had formerly been owned by his mother, Princess Diana?
July 2010
The Old Spring by Richard Francis
Maggie Gee finds much to admire in a subtle tale of life in the public bar
June 2010
The Guardian Books podcast
Memories are made of this
Memoir and biography with the potter Edmund de Waal, the novelist Maggie Gee and the biographer Adina Hoffman
May 2010
Maggie Gee: When my parents died
Maggie Gee didn't really believe her parents were mortal till her father died and her mother, too, six months later. She treasures their times together and hopes that when the time comes, she'll leave her own daughter with memories of love
Salvage by Robert Edric
Maggie Gee finds a striking vision of dystopia is not matched by its execution
My Animal Life by Maggie Gee
Kathryn Hughes applauds a memoir
March 2010
Books blog
Maggie Gee's guide to the literary jungle
Critically acclaimed, Granta-listed, Maggie Gee's exploration of her own anonymity in My Animal Life offers a field guide to the world of letters for aspiring authors
February 2010
My other life
My other life: Maggie Gee
Maggie Gee was an aviator during the second world war... or so the literary festival seemed to think
