Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti review – a radical fusion of linguistic experiment and philosophical inquiry
The Canadian author’s alphabetised restructuring of her journals is by turns illuminating, playful, poetic and frustrating
February 2022
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti review – love, philosophy and foliage
Book of the day
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti review – a curious dance with death
December 2019
The 2010s: what just happened?
This decade we’ve become obsessed with reading – and writing – about ourselves
Rebecca Watson
It’s no longer just celebrities whose lives we want to read about it, says novelist Rebecca Watson
November 2018
Books that made me
Sheila Heti: ‘When people laugh while reading, they're often showing off’
The Canadian author on miracles, Kafka’s Metamorphosis and the life-changing philosophy of Andy Warhol
July 2018
Book of the day
Motherhood: A Novel by Sheila Heti; An Excellent Choice by Emma Brockes – reviews
How does a woman decide whether to have a child or not? Two writers offer contrasting but equally important perspectives
June 2018
Motherhood by Sheila Heti review – to breed or not to breed?
A deeply ambivalent and complex study of the choice between procreation and art
May 2018
A life in ...
Sheila Heti: ‘There's a sadness in not wanting the things that give others their life’s meaning’
The books interview: Her deeply personal first novel divided critics, her new one explores the choice not to have children. Sheila Heti talks about self-belief and the joy of failure
July 2015
The Guardian Books podcast
Original short story: Two Families, by Sheila Heti – books podcast
Weekend magazine short story special 2015
Original short story: Two Families, by Sheila Heti
Weekend magazine short story special 2015
Weekend magazine short story special – open thread
Talk by Linda Rosenkrantz review – a reissued 'reality novel' examines friends
February 2015
Sheila Heti on reviving her 'failed' play: 'It's like … a near-death experience'
Not only was All Our Happy Days Are Stupid deemed unstageable, the failure inspired a novel. So why is it now drawing audiences – and praise – in New York?
January 2015
Top 10s
The top 10 novels about lost friendships
From JD Salinger to Jonathan Coe, novelist Chris Killen lists the favourite books he’s stuck by while failing to keep up with his real-life connections
October 2014
Women in Clothes review – what your clothes say about you
Hundreds of women analyse their personal style choices, writes Hermione Hoby
September 2014
Rebecca Carroll column
Women in Clothes is a banal and stunningly self-important book
What could have been a thoughtful exploration of self-awareness and self-design is nothing more than an exercise in narcissism, writes Rebecca Carroll
March 2014
The Guardian Books podcast
Women in literature with Barbara Taylor Bradford and Sheila Heti – books podcast
We examine the role of women in writing with the publisher Lynne Drew, the novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford and the Canadian writer Sheila Heti
August 2013
Multiples: 12 Stories in 18 Languages by 61 Authors, edited by Adam Thirlwell – review
This collection of retranslated translations amounts to a patchy literary version of Chinese whispers, finds Lucian Robinson
July 2013
Me and you
Writers Sheila Heti and Miranda July on their special relationship
After Sheila Heti interviewed Miranda July, she decided they should talk to each other once a week. It was the beginning of a great friendship
January 2013
Digested read
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti – digested read
John Crace reduces the latest novel from the freeform Canadian meta-fictionist to a manageable 600 words
