Authors

The novel has died again. I've been baited into reading yet another obituary, this time written by the Secret Author (a "former professor of English and creative writing at a leading British university") who laments, in the Critic magazine, the decline of serious novels about middle-class morals and God, in favour of those focusing on "identity politics".  Read more

As lockdown eases around the world, George RR Martin has revealed he is currently isolating in "an actual cabin in the mountains" and hopes to finish his long-awaited fantasy novel The Winds of Winter "next year".

In 1909, long before the invention of the World Wide Web or the prospect of a world where we must live socially distant from each other, the English writer E.M. Forster arguably predicted both.  Read more

The Sensuous Dirty Old Man (1971) is credited to "Dr. A"... but "the secret is out," admits a paperback edition, naming the author as Isaac Asimov, "undoubtedly the best writer in America" per the Mensa Bulletin.  Read more

On what would have been the late Discworld creator's 72nd birthday, Terry Pratchett's production company Narrativia has announced a new development deal to create "truly authentic ... prestige adaptations that remain absolutely faithful to [his] original, unique genius".