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David Szalay talks about his acclaimed new novel, wanderlust and making sadness funny

Jodi Picoult, the bestselling novelist on why she has chosen to tackle race in America — and why she’s never going to win a Nobel prize

Hanif Kureishi on Brexit Britain, collaborating with his sons and seeing his seventh novel as a B movie

The pioneering ‘Tomorrow’s World’ is being revived at a crucial time in our fraught relationship with innovation

Booker-short listed novelist Nicola Barker on her ‘catastrophic urge’ to destroy narrative

The author talks about capturing real-life tragedy in his latest novel, moving to the US and why he wants to write a comic book

Pride and Prejudice captivates readers long before marketing mattered

She was shot in the head by her father and dumped in a river. But she survived. Now a filmmaker wants to tell her story

Look forward to Ben Lerner’s second novel and the return of Kazuo Ishiguro

Since winning his Oscar at 29, Adrien Brody has refused to be typecast. He talks about his unexpectedly diverse career and the sense of responsibility he feels towards all his roles

The author of ‘Apple Tree Yard’ on the Indonesian roots of her new novel ‘Black Water’ — and why she’s glad to see the back of ‘chicklit’

The ubiquitous emoji has come a long way from its origins as a cute footnote to text messages. But what will we lose in translation?