People
Reviews of biographies, autobiographies, correspondence, memoirs, and other ‘life writing’.
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Book review: ‘Stasiland’ by Anna Funder
Stories from behind the Berlin Wall.
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Book review: ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ by Dylan Thomas
A Christmas classic, wonderfully illustrated by Peter Bailey.
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Book review: ‘Horizon’ by Barry Lopez
Memoir, place and empathy.
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Book review: ‘Speak, Silence’ by Carole Angier
In search of W.G. Sebald.
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Book review: ‘Ariadne’s Thread’ by Philippa Comber
In memory of W.G. Sebald.
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Book review: ‘Heavy Light’ by Horatio Clare
A journey through madness, mania and healing.
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Book review: ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King
Cult author Stephen King explains how he goes about writing his punchy prose. Not being a great fan of fiction, I’ve only ever read one of King’s novels—Misery, which was excellent—but the advice he imparts applies mostly as well to any genre of writing. A large proportion of this book is memoir, rather than writing…
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Book review: ‘Congenial Spirits’ by Virginia Woolf
The selected letters of Virginia Woolf.
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Book review: ‘A Writer’s Day-Book’ by Ronald Blythe
Essays about books and authors.
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Book review: ‘All Points North’ by Simon Armitage
Humorous memoir from the future Poet Laureate.
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Book review: ‘The Sea View Has Me Again’ by Patrick Wright
Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (1974–1984).
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Book review: ‘W.G. Sebald’ by Uwe Schütte
The writer and his work.