The week in theatre: The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage; Life of Pi; Measure for Measure
Life of Pi review – the animals are the stars in this puppet-powered show
October 2021
‘The tiger seems to breathe’: Life of Pi comes alive in the West End
The pandemic-delayed staging of Yann Martel’s novel is finally arriving in London, and the star of the show is a mesmerising puppet
February 2021
Top 10s
Top 10 books about castaways
From the dark visions in Lord of the Flies or The Beach to the gentle wit of Tove Jansson, author Lucy Clarke picks her favourites tales of survival and isolation
July 2019
Life of Pi review – Martel’s tall tale brought to astonishing life
Life of Pi review – triumphant tiger burns bright in a stunning show
March 2017
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Ariel Levy, Krissy Kneen, Cat Marnell – literary highlights for Australia in March
Shadowy cults, Paul Robeson-inspired travelogues, stories of rape and reconciliation, and a Booker prize winner are coming to bookstores this month
January 2017
Edward Stanford travel writing awards unpack 2016 shortlists
Top 10s
Top 10 unreliable narrators
November 2016
Atwood and Martel among Canadian writers drawn into row over creative writing tutor's sacking
Margaret Atwood and Yann Martel among writers calling for investigation into dismissal of Steven Galloway – but critics say move could ‘silence’ abuse victims
June 2016
Children's books
Top 10 tigers in children's books
From Tyger to Tigger, Lizzy Stewart picks her top tigers in fiction, of all different shapes, sizes and stripes
March 2016
A life in ...
Yann Martel: ‘My children aren’t impressed that I won the Booker or that I wrote Life of Pi’
The mega-selling author on faith, animals and his new novel – and his insant rise from struggling writer to literary household name
February 2016
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel – review
The Life of Pi author reprises his animal theme with chimpanzees, but the result is laboured and half-hearted
January 2016
Digested read
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel – digested read
‘It’ll take you a long time to reach the mountains, especially walking backwards’
Book of the day
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel review – a surreal offering from the Life of Pi author
Walking backwards in Lisbon, a gruesome autopsy, a tale of man and ape … Martel saves the best until last in this collection of strange and farcical stories
Fiction highlights for 2016
A host of strong debuts plus new novels from Don DeLillo, Julian Barnes, Geoff Dyer and Nicola Barker promise a strong year for fiction
December 2015
Authors urge China to release Nobel prize winner on seventh anniversary of his arrest
Poet and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, who was represented by an empty chair at his 2010 Nobel prize ceremony, was detained in 2008 and sentenced to 11 years in prison
November 2015
On my radar
On my radar: Lianne La Havas’s cultural highlights
The singer on her devotion to Christopher Hitchens, the magic of Alexander McQueen, great Indian food and her new favourite crooner, Keenan O’Meara
November 2014
Day of the imprisoned writer
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Azimjon Askarov
Day of the imprisoned writer
Leading authors mount international open-letter protest to defend 900 persecuted writers
