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A Memoir of my Former Self review: Hilary Mantel was peerless, but this new collection is one for purists

If you would like to read what Hilary Mantel made of Robocop, then I have the book for you. But if you’re looking for a memoir, as you might expect given the title, then you are out of luck. This is a collection of essays, lectures and journalism (Mantel spent…

Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2023

The Glutton by AK Blakemore review – a breathtaking tale of huge hunger

A French peasant with an insatiable appetite lives through revolutionary chaos in a vivid, beautifully written historical novel

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023

‘I didn’t think it was possible to be a novelist’: Julian Barnes on literature, loss – and his late friend Martin Amis

The Booker winning author talks about how his most recent work was inspired by Hilary Mantel, and the way the books world has changed since his debut was published more than 40 years ago

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023

40 best books to read before you die, from Wolf Hall to Wuthering Heights

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

Twice Booker-winner Hilary Mantel was writing a 'mashup' of Jane Austen's novels before her sudden death

The news of twice Booker-winning author Hilary Mantel's sudden death due to stroke on September 22, 2022 shocked everyone. And now, in a recent memorial service held for the author at Southwark cathedral in England, her literary agent revealed that Mantel was writing a "mashup" about Jane Austen's classics when…

The Times of India · Apr 25, 2023

OPINION - Hilary Mantel showed us how real talent can cut through personal hell

I went to Hilary Mantel’s memorial service at Southwark Cathedral last week. Sir Mark Rylance and Ben Miles, who both played her hero Thomas Cromwell, did readings and there were memories from her friends and family. Two things emerged: Mantel the feminist and Mantel the muse. They are the same…

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023

Hilary Mantel’s last novel was to have been an Austen mash-up: read an exclusive extract starring Mr Darcy

In the week of the Wolf Hall author’s memorial, her husband and agent talk about the Jane Austen satire she was working on when she died in 2022. Plus: read an exclusive extract, along with her earliest published work

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023

Don’t knock the coronation – it could be up there with It’s a Knockout

Although most of the UK is unenthusiastic, put me down for coronation trivia watch

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

Hilary Mantel was ‘a treasure of this nation’, celebration of author’s life told

The British writer was best known for the Wolf Hall trilogy about the life of Thomas Cromwell, which won two Booker prizes.

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Hilary Mantel was working on ‘mashup’ of Jane Austen novels before her death

Wolf Hall trilogy author remembered at memorial service at Southwark cathedral on Thursday

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023