TOBY FABER Faber & Faber: The untold story. Reviewed by Ann Skea
Toby Faber delivers a slice of publishing history replete with (now) famous authors. Toby Faber is the grandson of Geoffrey Faber who, in 1929, established the...
Read MoreHILARY SPURLING Anthony Powell: Dancing to the music of time. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
This biography of Anthony Powell is a fine examination of the creative process and the time between the two world wars. For those who have read and loved – or, as in my...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on reviewing
I must have written hundreds of book reviews. I cut my teeth at the business when I was an academic, reviewing books in the fields of my own research – race relations...
Read MoreANGELA MEYER Captives. Reviewed by Michelle McLaren
Angela Meyer’s microfictions expose the shiny bare bones of narrative. It took me a while to find Captives in the bookshop, but finally I discovered it, a tiny little...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on literary biography
I’ve been reading biographies of two writers I admire in part – Norman Mailer and George Orwell. Literary biography is something I enjoy and the best examples of it,...
Read MoreJoin NRB
