An interview with Nick Hornby
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby releases a second compilation of his Stuff I’ve Been Reading columns in the Believer magazine.
Guy Somerset
(@GuySomerset) Guy Somerset is Books & Culture editor of the New Zealand Listener. You can follow his stray thoughts and the fruits of his Web grazing on Twitter (and sometimes on Facebook).
Book review: Autobiography, by Morrissey
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
No slight is too small to warrant venomous payback in Morrissey’s autobiography.
The 100 best books of 2013
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3838 21st Nov 2013
Books & Culture editor Guy Somerset and the Listener’s team of reviewers on the year’s reading highlights.
An interview with Lynley Dodd
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3837 14th Nov 2013
Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd is celebrated in a new book about her life and art.
Christos Tsiolkas: Slap happy
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3836 12th Nov 2013
Australian Christos Tsiolkas was “blindsided” by the success of his novel The Slap but is now back with a follow-up.
Art review: The Light on the Dock, by Erica van Zon
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Art
Issue 3836 7th Nov 2013
The physical world of novels by Joan Didion and Truman Capote inspired Erica van Zon’s new exhibition.
An interview with Thomas Maier, author of Masters of Sex
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3835 31st Oct 2013
Insights from Thomas Maier, author of a biography of sex researchers Masters and Johnson.
Film: a Turning point for cinema
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Film
Issue 3835 31st Oct 2013
Robert Connolly’s innovative version of a Tim Winton best-seller is part of a new mood of “let’s experiment”.
An interview with Sebastian Faulks
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3834 24th Oct 2013
The Birdsong and Charlotte Grey author has written a novel in homage to PG Wodehouse.
Take Five: including the Tauranga Arts Festival and Tutus on Tour
By Guy Somerset in Take Five
Issue 3833 17th Oct 2013
Guy Somerset's selection of upcoming arts and cultural events.