Poland, Cold War and poetry
The category "political writer" seemed to Milosz too confining and rather off the mark.
A bookcase is a living museum of your mind
Bloomsbury Publishing founder Nigel Newton has a magic eye for a star author and the charisma and command of an Albus Dumbledore.
How on earth did we ever win the war?
A tale of disaster, arrogance and bumbling in Britain's wartime SOE makes salutary reading.
8 books to read before you get married
If you're planning or hoping to get hitched, you should be open to all the relationship advice you can get.
Why Paula Hawkins is nervous about her next book
Into the Water is Paula Hawkins' difficult second novel, except that actually it's her sixth.
Lowell, lyrical and angry
It might take a half-dozen burly policemen to subdue the over-revved Lowell.
3 books of the month
Swedish author Malin Persson Giolito’s 'Quicksand' is the most shocking tale of a high school massacre since Lionel Shriver’s 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.
Why Mark Carnegie hosts literary dinners
If you want to get into this book club run by entrepreneur, investor and corporate adviser Mark Carnegie, you'd best be prepared to study the classics.
Bill Clinton's latest intrigue: a novel
Apart from the strange spectacle of a former president collaborating on a thriller with a celebrity author, the project is unusual in that two large publishing houses are releasing the novel together.
Woodward and some dark secrets
Woodward is no stranger to controversy over sourcing.
New fiction genre: Donald Trump
Such macabre eccentricities have been grist to the novelist's mill.
Jonathan Swift, giant among the pygmies
He donated money for the care of the mad; changed his underwear frequently; treated his servants with kindness and generosity.
Strange and lonely tale of Christopher Knight
Since his arrest in April 2013, Christopher Knight has agreed to be interviewed by a single journalist, Michael Finkel, who wrote a CQ article about him and now a book.
Harper Lee: books, fame and lies
Harper Lee wrote that Truman Capote's drinking and misery soured their friendship. Jealousy ended it.
Compelling tale of Beowulf
What's it about, this running pop-cultural engagement with the old poem?
3 cookbooks that are tastier than Googling
In the age of internet recipes, three yummy releases fit the brief for cookbooks strong on narrative, powerful imagery and a sense of place.
The 60-year-old secret of true creativity
When 40 famous architects agreed to be "lab rats" in a unique study, they gave us the secrets of creativity. But do we want the answers?
Author of counterculture classic dies at 88
After being rejected by more than 100 publishers, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" sold 50,000 copies in three months and more than 5 million in the decades since.
Study space beats books at uni
Libraries may be 4000 years old, but the digital revolution is changing their use on college campuses.
New material from author Joan Didion
Joan Didion's latest works give a renewed sense of the writer, now 82, in her creative prime.
This month's 3 best books
Helen Garner's work under the microscope, Agamemnon's tale retold by Colm Toibin and a family drama by Min Jin Lee set in Japan.
City of Spectres
When a child screams at the sight of a portrait of Kim Il-sung, a family is in danger.
Your brain is not alone
How can human thinking be so powerful, yet so shallow?
Personal technology gets very personal
As the real and virtual worlds become increasingly intertwined, digital technology will penetrate ever deeper into our lives, even into our bodies.
Turkey crushes journalistic freedom
Turkish investigative reporter Ahmet Sik once uncovered the practices employed by the shadowy Gülen sect.
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