Claire Allfree

Articles from the author

Children’s Britannica is back in print

The first of its kind for 36 years, the Britannica Children’s Encyclopedia returns to print with a cross-curricular approach that you wouldn’t necessarily get online

The All New Children’s Encyclopedia is a cartwheeling compendium of interconnected facts, questions, answers and not-sures, taking the reader from the Big Bang to the future of thought-controlled body parts

Douglas Stuart: From penniless teen to Booker winner

Douglas Stuart tells Claire Allfree about his poverty-stricken childhood – and how he turned it into a Booker Prize-winning novel

A heavy favourite to win this year’s Booker Prize, Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’ is a heart-stopping semi-autobiographical account of a small boy growing up with his alcoholic mother in recession-ravaged Eighties Scotland

Booker Prize 2021: Return of the historical novel

The Booker longlist is so sensible it seems almost radical, says Claire Allfree

The longlist features big hitters – combining meaty contemporary issues with novels that are by and large a pleasure to read

Am I entitled to write a black character? Sure!

James Patterson talks to Claire Allfree about culture wars, writing and his new novel

James Patterson (left) and former US President Bill Clinton at a book signing in 2018

The loner who pricked a nation’s conscience

South African writer Damon Galgut talks to Claire Allfree about his powerful, Booker-winning novel

Galgut nine works of fiction are filled with characters haunted by a history of violence and complicity

The Candy House tells of a scary plausible near future

Jennifer Egan’s new novel is mind-bogglingly clever, says Claire Allfree

The Candy House takes its title from the gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel

Book review: Home sweet home

Barbara Kingsolver’s tale of two families compelling but conveys its ideas glibly

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