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Alone With a Book by Tessa Hadley review – an acclaimed writer’s cultural prescription

This collection of essays from the beloved novelist is full of gem-like insights on art and books

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20

Canadian writers find different routes to the international stage, including, potentially, the Nobel

As Canadians watch the country’s literary prize season unfold this autumn, another literary ritual approaches on the other side of the Atlantic.

The Conversation · Oct 5

‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie

As his new film Bitter Christmas is released the legendary Spanish director turns his fire on Donald Trump, Will Smith, Netflix – and himself

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

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You Won’t Get Free of It by Rachel Aviv review – a subtle study of the mother-daughter bond

The most complex of female relationships is thrown into sharp relief in this moving series of essays

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Five Great Reads: King of the World Cup, neighbours from hell, and all aboard the celebrity impersonator cruise

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10

Craig Silvey has pled guilty to child exploitation. What do we do with his books?

Australian author Craig Silvey, known for his bestselling books Jasper Jones, Honeybee and Runt, has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material. Two further charges were dropped, including allegations he produced child exploitation material.

The Conversation · May 6

Friday essay: racism, misogyny and culture wars: Zadie Smith and Anne Enright help us make sense of troubling times

Essay collections gather a writer’s thoughts over time and can be read as an oblique form of memoir, one in which the self is revealed through a series of conversations with the world.

The Conversation · Dec 18, 2025

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Attention by Anne Enright review – sparkling reflections on life and literature

Unabashed and morally generous, the Booker winner writes like a sharp, funny, fallen angel

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025

‘I’ve seen so many people go down rabbit holes’: Patricia Lockwood on losing touch with reality

The Priestdaddy author on quitting social media, Maga conspiracies and how her second novel grew out of a period of post-Covid mania

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025

Why Alice Munro’s Biographer Left Her Daughter’s Abuse Out of His Book

An exclusive interview with Robert Thacker on the secret he carried for twenty years

The Walrus · Jan 3, 2025

Undoing the Fairy Tale of Alice Munro

For years, I helped spread a glowing narrative about one of Canada’s most famous authors

The Walrus · Oct 15, 2024

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – one for the ages

Key moments in an actor’s life over seven decades are illuminated with skill and quiet power in this languid and stately novel

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Who Knew What about Alice Munro?

An interview with editor Deborah Dundas on breaking the story

The Walrus · Sep 6, 2024

Rape myths can affect jurors’ perceptions of sexual assault, and that needs to change

In Canada, more than 34,000 cases of sexual assault were reported to police in 2022, representing a 38 per cent increase from 2017.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

Educators wonder how to teach the writings of Alice Munro in wake of daughter's revelations

For decades, Robert Lecker has read, taught and written about Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories

Nobel Laureate Alice Munro's Legacy Tarnished By Abuse Allegations

Alice Munro's legacy is questioned as revelations of her husband's abuse and her complicity emerge.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024

Canadian officer says Alice Munro claimed her daughter was lying about being abused by stepfather

A retired police detective involved in the arrest of the husband of Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories, says he was disturbed by her reaction 20 years ago when he said he was going to charge her husband for sexually assaulting her daughter

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2024

Re-reading Alice Munro in the light of the secrets she kept and pain she caused

This week, Canadians heard about the enormity of Andrea Skinner’s suffering, following sexual abuse by her stepfather, and her mother Alice Munro’s decision to stay with and protect him.

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The Conversation · Jul 10, 2024

The Gothic horror of Alice Munro: A reckoning with the darkness behind a feminist icon

This week, in a devastating story about Alice Munro’s complicity in the sexual abuse of her youngest daughter, we discovered how Munro, a Nobel Prize-winning author acclaimed for her uniquely Gothic interpretation of women’s lives, actually lived her feminism.

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Alice Munro's daughter alleges sexual abuse by the late author's husband

The daughter of the late Nobel laureate Alice Munro is alleging that she was sexually abused by the author’s second husband, Gerard Fremlin, whom Munro remained with because she “loved him too much” to leave

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Nobel-winning writer’s daughter reveals she was sexually abused by stepfather and her mom stayed with him

Andrea Skinner says she was sexually abused by her step-father since the age of nine

International Business Times · Jul 8, 2024

Alice Munro's Daughter Says Stepdad Abused Her, And Mom Knew

Canadian writer Alice Munro's daughter said Sunday that her stepfather sexually abused her as a child and that her mother was told but stayed with him, in a damning account published after the Nobel laureate's death.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2024

Alice Munro knew my stepfather sexually abused me as a child, says Nobel laureate’s daughter

Andrea Robin Skinner says her stepfather sexually assaulted her when she was nine, but her mother said she ‘loved him too much’ to leave him

The Walrus · Jul 4, 2024

Alice Munro Was Bigger than Canada

Here artists are celebrated by virtue of their nationality. Munro showed me I could escape those tropes

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2024

Alice Munro wrote a 1970s play in southwestern Ontario — and continues to inspire regional theatre

This week, I’m elated that my play Post Alice will be performed on the Blyth Festival Theatre’s stage as part of the Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story in Huron County, the Huron Tract on Treaty 29 territory in southwestern Ontario. This region is also known to some readers…

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