Breath by Tim Winton

How a childhood in Australia has shaped the life and works of Tim Winton.

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Anne Giardini’s Advice for Happiness

“I always absolutely knew I would write,” says Anne Giardini in the P.S. section of The Sad Truth About Happiness.

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Tim Winton - “Damaged Goods”

Tim Winton’s powerful collection of short stories, The Turning, will give you a whole new appreciation for the genre. (more…)

What’s Your Perennial Lawrence Hill?

Lawrence Hill discusses Black Berry, Sweet Juice in this latest “What’s Your Perennial?” video. (more…)

Reluctant Genius

Charlotte Gray

We all know him as the inventor of the telephone, a white-bearded figure in the photographs taken near the end of his days when he became the ubiquitous “Father of Telephony.” (more…)

The Post-Birthday World

Lionel Shriver

Children’s book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a quiet and settled life in London with her partner, fellow American expatriate Lawrence Trainer, a smart, loyal, disciplined intellectual at a prestigious think tank. (more…)

The Hanging of Angelique

Afua Cooper

Afua Cooper — writer, historian and poet — tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman who was convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734. (more…)

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

The story of two orphans: Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, growing up haphazardly under the care of their eccentric relatives. (more…)

Lewis DeSoto Discusses International Editions, Freely

Author Lewis DeSoto discusses the various international editions of his novel, A Blade of Grass.

Isabel Allende — The Year After Paula’s Death

“My life, like my books, is made of sorrow and love,” Isabel Allende says in this P.S. section from her memoir, Paula. (more…)