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Features & interviews

<p>Memoirist: Salman Rushdie’s new book explores the aftermath of an attempt on his life </p>

How Salman Rushdie responded to the attack that almost killed him

As the writer of ‘The Satanic Verses’ prepares to publish ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’, Katie Rosseinsky looks at his life and career – and his 25 years of living under a religious death threat

<p>Marian Keyes: ‘I’m 60 now but my emotions are still very [close] to the surface – I’m still hurtable’ </p>

Marian Keyes: ‘I really don’t like the myth that women don’t want sex’

<p>Dunn’s ‘As Young as This’ joins a wave of novels exploring thirtysomething women’s often jumbled feelings about their fertility and having kids</p>

The novel exploring the thirty-something fertility question

<p>Dark side: Highsmith was obsessed with delving into the minds of criminals </p>

The strange life of Patricia Highsmith, the woman behind Tom Ripley

<p>Sissy Spacek in Brian De Palma’s 1976 film adaptation of ‘Carrie’ </p>

in focus

Carrie at 50: the bloody history of Stephen King’s audacious debut

<p>April’s best books include John Connell’s ‘Twelve Sheep: Life Lessons from a Lambing Season’</p>

The best new books to read this April

<p>Anoushka Warden: ‘I want it to feel like something helpful that isn’t a self-help book’ </p>

Interview

Anoushka Warden, the debut novelist rewriting female sexual desire

<p>The performance artist Stephen Varble in Soho, New York, in 1978 </p>

Fernanda Eberstadt’s new book is a masterclass in outrageous living

<p>Novelist Christie Watson</p>

Interview

Novelist Christie Watson on ‘literary whistleblowing’ about the NHS

<p>Daisy Goodwin has chosen another super powerful woman to write about in her new novel, ‘Diva’, about the opera star, Maria Callas </p>

Interview

Novelist Daisy Goodwin: ‘Harassment isn’t about sexual attraction’

<p>Author Jennifer Belle: ‘Madonna was creative and brilliant’ </p>

Interview

Author Jennifer Belle on her shocking new ‘Lolita in reverse’ novel

<p>Barbara Comyns is one of the most thrillingly unique mid-century English novelists</p>

Why Barbara Comyns is the best English novelist you’ve never heard of

Reviews

<p>In her memoir ‘My Account’, Rooney comes across as scrupulously fair and thoughtful</p>

Coleen Rooney’s My Account is the final word on Wagatha (apparently)

<p>Broadway baby: Barbra Streisand revisits her life and career in ‘My Name is Barbra'</p>

Don’t rain on the parade of Barbra Streisand’s 992-page memoir

<p>Britney Spears, photographed performing in 1999, has written a memoir so breathtaking in its rage that you can practically see the spittle on its pages</p>

The Britney memoir is raw, unfiltered and breathtaking in its rage

<p>Zadie Smith creates a compelling picture of a rumbustious Victorian household</p>

Zadie Smith’s The Fraud is splendidly modern and authentically old

Lists

<p>Fiction highlights for the year ahead including Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘lost’ novel and new titles from Stephen King and Emily Henry </p>

The best fiction to read in 2024

The best non-fiction to read in 2024

<p>It’s been a great year for reading... here are our tops picks of 2023 </p>

The 25 best books of the year, from Zadie Smith to Paul Murray

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