Lemony Snicket on How to Solve Your Own Murder
Suspicious death is one of those phrases, like "sudden avalanche", "bear mauling", or "decaffeinated coffee" that, while already monstrous to read, becomes much, much worse when it happens to you. A...
View ArticleCat Jarman on What We Now Know About the Vikings
In 1992, on a school trip to the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway, I lagged behind my class because the stern of the Gokstad ship had completely transfixed me: impossibly big, impossibly old, and...
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The Waterstones Round Up: September's Best Books
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View ArticleElodie Harper's Favourite Novels Set in the Ancient World
Re-imagining the ancient world I can still remember the first time I read Catullus in a Latin class at school. It was not what I expected the voice of an ancient writer to sound like: colloquial,...
View ArticleClare Povey on Her Favourite Children's Books Set in Paris
Paris is a city that evokes romance and adventure at the mere mention of its name. You can often find the French capital gracing ‘Most Visited Cities in the World’ lists year after year. The...
View ArticleHow We Made: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
When Susanna Clarke's magical vision of an alternate Georgian England arrived it became an instant bestseller but as we discover in this episode, the book's journey was far from certain. Clarke shares...
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The Waterstones Round Up: September's Best Children's Books
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View ArticleEmma Carroll Recommends Stories That Highlight Children's Political Currency
Because Children Have Currency It’s a crucial starting point when writing any new story – what do my characters want? How are they going to get it? That I write for children isn’t an issue: just as us...
View ArticlePaula Hawkins on Creating A Slow Fire Burning
Like the two books I wrote before it, A Slow Fire Burning grew out of a character. And, like the two novels before it, developing that character and finding the right story for her wasn’t an entirely...
View ArticleOliver Burkeman on How Ancient Philosophy Can Cure Your Social Media Addiction
We’re often told that we’re living, these days, through a “crisis of distraction”, and what people really mean by distraction is digital distraction: it’s what happens when the internet gets in the way...
View ArticleLara Maiklem's Top Tips for Larking
There are natural treasures and subtle clues to the past hidden in fields and rivers all over the country. Even your own house and garden can offer up tantalising glimpses of other lives, sometimes...
View ArticleSarfraz Manzoor on the Inspiration Behind They
It was exactly ten years ago this week that I was in the maternity ward of Homerton Hospital watching in shock and awe as my wife Bridget gave birth to our first child. To hold one’s baby in your hands...
View ArticleCelia Imrie on the Enduring Allure of the Titanic
Like so many people, I’ve always been obsessed with ships and in particular RMS Titanic. As a result over the years I visited museums and exhibitions whenever I saw one was on, whether at the V&A,...
View ArticlePiers Torday on Writing About the Environment for Children
The hero of my latest book, The Wild Before, is a little hare. He is charged with saving a precious newborn, a rare silvery ‘Mooncalf’, or a great Terribleness will befall the animals of his valley. A...
View ArticleLouise Candlish on the Influence of Film Noir on Her Work
It’s not as easy as you think for writers to say exactly what it is they write. Sometimes, even I’m not sure whether my books are crime, thriller or drama. What I do know is they have strong noir...
View ArticleJason Mott on the Story Behind Hell of a Book
The story behind this novel is long and winding. It could be argued that it took an entire lifetime to write. But I’ll try to choose a slightly less time-consuming starting point for Hell of A Book....
View ArticleVirginia Feito on the Inspiration for Mrs March
I was listening to the Overture from The Nutcracker when I first envisioned Mrs. March. She appeared to me fully-formed, in her fur coat and skirt suit, just walking down the street, as excited and...
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A Mouthwatering Recipe from Jane Dunn
No-Bake Millionaire's Cheesecake A recipe to combine a few of my favourite things… biscuits, caramel and cheesecake. Slightly more effort is required with this cheesecake, but it’s not as scary as it...
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Bold and Diverse: Designing the Cover Art for Faber Editions
The series title was inspired by the historic ‘Faber Paper Covered Editions’ list. This concept felt elastic, fluid and expansive enough to avoid the more traditional connotations of a ‘classic’: and...
View ArticleFrancis Pryor on Modern Archaeology and Ancient Life
Nothing is more exciting than archaeology. Like the moment when your trowel reveals a piece of clay that was dropped in a fire four thousand years ago and you spot the thumbprint of the last person who...
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