Love, death and pirates! It’s this month’s historical fiction round-up in Times Books thetimes.co.uk/article/new-hi… Starring Elizabeth Buchan Francesca Haig/Francesca de Tores Tim Hodkinson Katie || writer || The Devil to Pay out now 🌈⚓ and Joad Wren.

Interviewed David Nicholls about his new novel You Are Here (it's ace) and of course One Day thetimes.co.uk/article/david-…

My review of a new book on Portugal’s Carnation Revolution. It’s been 50 years (this Thursday). Feels like yesterday thetimes.co.uk/article/carnat…

Susie and I on the Women’s Prize runners and riders 👇🏼 thetimes.co.uk/article/the-20…

Question from Times Books desk: which novels have you most enjoyed reading in your book club? Ones which have generated good discussions, been popular among all members etc

I wrote about the spare, stripped back genius that is Natalia Ginzburg thetimes.co.uk/article/family…

freedom brings not so much the wild wind on your cheek as fleets of Chinese factory ships: I reviewed Olive Heffernan's The High Seas Profile Books for The Sunday Times Times Books thetimes.co.uk/article/the-hi…

Many thanks to ⁦Victoria Segal⁩ ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ for this great review of My Family: The Memoir. thetimes.com/article/21784c…

Publishers! We are open for submissions to the 2024 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award Young Writer Award We want to read ALL the best books published this year from writers between 18-35 resident in UK and Ireland Details here: youngwriteraward.com/award/

For this Sunday's paper, I reviewed Benjamin Myers's latest novel, Rare Singles, a fish-out-of-water rom-com about an American soul singer hoping to revive his career in Scarborough. It was a lovely idea but it could have done with more work. thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Here is my take on the #BookerPrize2024 plus a guide to the 13 books. No Rooney or Tóibín but I'm delighted to see Percival Everett, Hisham Matar, Charlotte Wood and Colin Barrett on the list. thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Happy birthday to the Sunday Times bestseller list! To celebrate 50 years of the iconic charts, we’ve worked out the best of the bestsellers - the books that have spent the most weeks in the list. But who is no 1?… thetimes.com/magazines/cult…

It's a special books issue of Culture this Sunday to celebrate 50 years of the Sunday Times bestseller list. Lots of exciting pieces out over the weekend, starting with this. How many have you read? thetimes.com/magazines/cult…

An interesting snapshot of changing times Times Books. I found it quite nostalgia-inducing. My heart flutters at the books here that absorbed me as a child, especially Sophie's World (an obsession), Adrian Mole & Life of Pi, not to mention Harry Potter thetimes.com/magazines/cult…

And for Times Books I interviewed one of my all-time writing heroes, Helen Fielding 🩷 Helen Fielding: ‘I’m very protective of Bridget Jones’ thetimes.com/article/2a256e…

And the bestsellers fun continues in print with a special Culture magazine ~books edition~ packed with brilliant interviews and features thetimes.com/culture

'That is the joy of books like this, out of print for 60 years but now roaring into view, stronger and brighter than ever. It’s good to have it back.' John Self reviews THE EDGE OF THE ALPHABET by Janet Frame for Times Books: thetimes.com/culture/books/…