China’s treatment of Dr. Yang, whose work includes fiction and essays critical of Beijing, has escalated tensions between Australia and China.
Tag: Writing and Writers
With Her Latest Novel, Petina Gappah Sees an Obsession Through
The Zimbabwean writer was inspired by Faulkner, Eliot and Toni Morrison for “Out of Darkness, Shining Light,” a fictional account of the journey David Livingstone’s workers took transporting his body.
‘I Just Peeked Into Their World and Took Notes’: Yoko Ogawa Conjures Spirits in Hiding
The Japanese writer, inspired by Anne Frank’s diary, sought to “recompose” that experience for her new book “The Memory Police,” a dystopian novel about surveillance and erasure.
Margaret Fulton Brought the World to the Australian Table
It’s hard to overstate the cultural impact of the prolific Australian author, who propelled nearly an entire generation toward more open-minded cooking.
Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie in Running for Booker Prize
Atwood’s “The Testaments” is one of 13 books longlisted for Britain’s most prestigious literary award.
What Boris Johnson’s Forgotten Novel Says About the U.K.’s Likely Leader
He’s the author of a farce called “Seventy-Two Virgins,” a Churchill biography and a book in verse about pushy parents. They all say something about his personality.
He’s Writing 365 Children’s Books in 365 Days, While Holding Down a Day Job
Matt Zurbo’s challenge, named after his daughter, Cielo, is an unconventional labor of love.
‘I Was Done With All the Silences’: How an Academic Got Personal in ‘Notes to Self’
Emilie Pine talks about her remarkably frank essay collection, a best seller in Ireland that confronts infertility, sexual violence and other taboos.
In Brazil, a New Rendering of a Literary Giant Makes Waves
Machado de Assis Real, developed by a Brazilian university and an ad agency, shows the 19th-century writer in color, challenging some long-held ideas about him in the process.
When the World’s Most Famous Mystery Writer Vanished
On a cold December night in 1926, Agatha Christie went out in her beloved Morris Cowley roadster and didn’t return home for 11 days. Here’s how her disappearance played out.