After early novels that won international acclaim but were banned at home, the Irish author had a prolific career lasting more than half a century
In brief: Banal Nightmare; Feeding the Monster; Burning Angel and Other Stories – review
Midlife millennial angst abounds in Halle Butler’s sardonic novel, while Anna Bogutskaya bites into our love of horror films, and Lawrence Osborne spans the globe with gripping tales
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Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams review – a freewheeling collection
A fascination with words and symbols provides a unifying theme in this richly ambiguous collection of short stories
June 2024
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Hungry for What by María Bastarós review – darkly compelling tales from Spain
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My First Book by Honor Levy; Brat: A Ghost Story by Gabriel Smith reviews – audacious darlings of the digital age
May 2024
‘Her stories are life itself’: Yiyun Li on the genius of Alice Munro
‘Reading her stories is like watching a virtuoso pianist perform’: Alice Munro remembered
My First Book by Honor Levy review – extremely online
Five of the best
Five of the best Alice Munro short stories
Alice Munro obituary
A life in quotes: Alice Munro
Alice Munro, Nobel winner and titan of the short story, dies aged 92
The Missing Thread; Table for Two; Cinema Speculation – reviews
Story by Rod Serling, Twilight Zone creator, published after 70 years
Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generation
April 2024
Greg James apologises for suggestion a glass eye would make Roald Dahl Twit disgusting
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‘Candid’, ‘remarkable’, ‘beguiling’: the best Australian books out in April
March 2024
Other lives
Kate Duncan obituary
Other lives: Playwright and short story writer whose work was performed around the south-west of England
Caleb Azumah Nelson and Mary Jean Chan shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize
The six-strong list of titles include novels, short stories and poetry, with the winning writer to receive £20,000 when revealed in May
Free Therapy by Rebecca Ivory review – delicious reveals and rug pulls in stories of aimless women
The debut Irish writer circles around twentysomethings with crap jobs, crap men and even worse housing work in this nicely observed collection
