July Update: The p-book strikes back: Eco and Carriere, Amitav Ghosh, James Miller, Chris Adrian

Ah, the great British summer, if there isn't a hosepipe ban it's pouring with rain. Strikes, cuts and chaos at the airports. The annual two week decampment is traditionally the time to read all those books you haven't quite got... More...

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Wednesday, 6 July, 2011

Who's Reading Who this Summer?

As the holiday season looms, and bookshop tables heave under the weight of summer reading offers, we ask authors to name two books they're planning to settle down with as they recharge their batteries. It's a time to catch up... More...

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Tuesday, 5 July, 2011

The Book Will Never Die

As the widespread popularity and sales of e-readers and e-books continues to make headlines in the book press, there is much debate about the death of the p-book? Two avid book collectors, Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière, with a deep... More...

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Sunday, 3 July, 2011

Alice Albinia on the Indian Literary Scene

A decade ago, when I lived in Delhi, book launches were stately affairs. There were only three places to hold them and access was by invitation-only. The grand, red-brick India Habitat Centre was for poetry collections and policy reports. The... More...

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Sunday, 3 July, 2011