Rebel, radical, relic? Nadine Gordimer is out of fashion – we must keep reading her
Returning to his survey of the best short story writers of all time, Chris Power looks at Gordimer’s long career documenting South African apartheid
June 2017
From Heaney’s poetry to Rushdie’s surprise appearance: inside Hay’s 30-year archive
As the Hay festival prepares to donate its records to the British Library, the Observer is given exclusive access to the documents that chart its rise
October 2014
Colm Tóibín: the literature of grief
Colm Tóibín explains how his new novel, Nora Webster, draws on his memories of his father's death, joining a rich tradition of writing about loss, from Sophocles to Joan Didion
Whether recalling collecting her pulitzer prize or a conversation she had heard with Nelson Mandela, she could have me in stitches, writes Gillian Slovo
Nadine Gordimer: evergreen, ageless and an inspiration to all writers
Guardian Africa network
Nadine Gordimer used last interview to condemn South Africa's secrecy bill
Nadine Gordimer, novelist and anti-apartheid campaigner - a life in pictures
Guardian Africa network
Nadine Gordimer inspired Mandela – tell us about your favourite protest writers
Nadine Gordimer obituary
Nadine Gordimer: A life in quotes
June 2014
Greenslade
Steve Coogan joins Index on Censorship as patron
'Artistic freedom of expression is something to be cherished', he says
May 2014
AQA set texts for English GCSE plumbs new depths of cultural incoherence
Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum: AQA boss Andrew Hall says 'we can't please everyone' - but he might have done some basic homework before sitting the exam
April 2014
The poetry that moves men to tears
Anthony Holden's new anthology celebrates the poems that move men – with revealing contributions from the likes of Ian McEwan, Jonathan Franzen and Salman Rushdie
December 2013
'The greatest man I never met' – Paul McCartney and others on Mandela
Figures including Morgan Freeman, Malala Yousafzai and Tiger Woods remember the first black president of South Africa
September 2013
Top 10s
Tessa Hadley's top 10 short stories
Nadine Gordimer says short stories should 'burn a hole into the page'. Here are 10 of the most incandescent examples of the form, as chosen by novelist Tessa Hadley
August 2013
A book that changed me
Nadine Gordimer helped me see how fiction writing can illuminate reality
Aminatta Forna
Aminatta Forna: A book that changed me: Her essay told how the outsider bearing witness can bring a new dimension to the familiar
