A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier review – women’s struggle for freedom
An intricate portrait of the hopes and fears of ‘surplus women’ left alone after the first world war
September 2019
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier review – hidden hurts and secret longings
A thirtysomething spinster looks for purpose and companionship in a bittersweet evocation of Britain after the great war
May 2019
Tulip Fever author Deborah Moggach recalls 'nightmare' movie adaptation
How Gordon Brown, Harvey Weinstein and a milkman ensured film was a ‘ghastly disaster’
January 2019
Top 10s
Top 10 Quakers in fiction
From magnanimous Mrs Wilcox in Howards End to the bloodthirsty Captain Bildad in Moby-Dick, these portrayals complicate porridge-oat stereotypes
July 2018
Book sales boom but authors report shrinking incomes
Calls for writers to reap rewards as British publishers enjoy record-breaking year
October 2017
'These guys can make something beautiful': Tracy Chevalier's new project – quilting with prisoners
The bestselling novelist fell in love with the craft while researching her last book, but now the author has found that it helps jailed men in real life
September 2016
My writing day
Tracy Chevalier: ‘Writing is a magic trick that still surprises me when I perform it’
The historical novelist describes her advanced procrastination techniques, the varied joys of research, and the strange, satisfying feeling of finally putting pen to paper
April 2014
Books blog
What book would you send to someone in prison?
Leading authors have shared what books they would send an inmate and why, as part of the campaign Books for Prisoners. Which copy would you send and for what reasons?
March 2013
Meet the author
Tracy Chevalier: 'Slavery has to be raised until it's put to bed'
Point of view
Point of view: Tracy Chevalier on the power of silence
December 2010
Arts Council takes over libraries, with budgets slashed
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, set for abolition, hands over responsibilities with finances squeezed
December 2009
Is the writing on the wall for our public libraries?
The latest stage in the 'modernisation review' of library services is nothing but waffle. Time to get out the boxing gloves, says Rachel Cooke
March 2007
In the forests of the night
Tracy Chevalier moves on from Vermeer to Blake in Burning Bright. By Clare Clark.
