WHAT BOOK would journalist and novelist Tom Bradby take to a desert island? Tom Bradby revealed he’s currently reading True Crime Story by Joseph Knox Novelist would take Len Deighton Game, Set & Match trilogy to a desert island He said The Poldark series first gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 13 May 2021 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would novelist Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? Wilbur Smith is currently reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Novelist would take The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck to a desert island He said that anything by H Rider Haggard first gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK DOSTOEVSKY IN LOVE: AN INTIMATE LIFE by Alex Christofi (Bloomsbury £20, 238 pp) The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth,’ said Fyodor Dostoevsky. As we discover from Alex Christofi’s luminous biography, he certainly remained true to his word. ‘I have never experienced happiness. I have always … Read more
‘Cancel culture is stifling new writers’: Nobel-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns that young authors are having to self-censor amid a ‘climate of fear’ The Never Let Me Go novelist said he is concerned for less established writers He fears authors are avoiding writing from other people’s perspectives He is the latest writer to warn … Read more
Author who researched the Queen for new murder mystery novel depicting the monarch as a detective insists Her Majesty doesn’t expect palace staff to ‘drop everything’ for her and is ‘not nearly as formal as people imagine’ Sophia Bennett spent years researching royal family for novel, The Windsor Knot Author claimed Her Majesty doesn’t expect … Read more
WHAT BOOK would historical novelist Kate Mosse take to a desert island? Kate Mosse is currently re-reading all Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple novels She said she would take T S Eliot’s Four Quartets with her to a desert island The novelist said Marcel Proust’s Remembrance Of Things Past left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
To say I love the Christmas season at our home in the South of France is an understatement. I get such a kick out of preparing the house for the arrival of family; seeing our scruffy old villa bursting at the seams with loved ones. Christmas in the Caribbean, after a tiring flight, may sweep … Read more
The husband of best-selling author Fay Weldon said today the breakup of his marriage was ‘sudden, bewildering and very sad’. Nick Fox rejected claims by his 89-year-old wife that his controlling behaviour was to blame for the shock split saying: ‘I want her back. I thought we had a good marriage. ‘We have known each … Read more
Under the microscope: Novelist Shirley Conran, 88, answers our health quiz By Yvonne Swan For The Daily Mail Published: 22:56 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 26 October 2020 Novelist Shirley Conran, 88, answers our health quiz Novelist Shirley Conran, 88, answers our health quiz. CAN YOU RUN UP THE STAIRS? Not quite. … Read more
WHAT BOOK would novelist Heather Morris take to a desert island? Heather Morris is half way through reading The Exiles by Christina Baker Kilne She revealed she would take Sole Survivor by Derek Hansen to a desert island Novelist said she first got the reading bug from The Encyclopedia Britannica By Heather Morris For The Daily … Read more