Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley to star in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet
All of Us Strangers actor will play William Shakespeare alongside Buckley as his wife in film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel
July 2023
This month's best paperbacks
This month’s best paperbacks: Colm Tóibín, Maggie O’Farrell and more
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some excellent new paperbacks, from an elegant essay collection to a Women’s prize shortlisted novel
June 2023
Top 10s
Top 10 summer love stories
With holidays, light evenings and heat, it is a season that goes naturally with romance, as authors from F Scott Fitzgerald to Maggie O’Farrell show
Summer books: Zadie Smith, Ian Rankin, Richard Osman and others pick their favourites
Leading authors recommend the best recent books, from a forbidden love affair at the Western Front to a murder mystery set in Egypt
Maggie O’Farrell leads sales ahead of Women’s prize for fiction announcement
Historical novel The Marriage Portrait has sold 72,819 copies – more than any other title on the 2023 Women’s prize shortlist
April 2023
The Guardian view on older artists: bridging history and personal life
Three debut novels compete among Women’s prize for fiction shortlist
The week in theatre: Hamnet; You Bury Me; Pussycat in Memory of Darkness – review
