Novelist Helen Humphreys talks about how the death of loved ones sent her across the continent in pursuit of vanished apple varieties
Famed for his part in Scandinavia’s noir boom, Jo Nesbø has a few other careers, too
A subtle examination of the business of being the queen of CanLit
She was an avant-garde artist who once practised striptease for a book, but she longed to write a novel for a bigger audience
The former soldier survived an axe attack in Afghanistan, now he’s defying the limits of science in his recovery
Biographer Charles Foran on finding notes and scenes for the novel Mordecai Richler did not live to finish
The author of the Millennium trilogy was once a crusading journalist, but no saint
Gail Parent on boomer parents and how to kick a 28-year-old out of the nest
His plan for his long-awaited follow-up to ‘Life of Pi’ didn’t quite work out