Hari Kunzru was selected in 2003 as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. Four books later he talks to Online Editor Ted Hodgkinson about his latest novel (a multistranded epic that interweaves stories from the 18th century with the present), the scandal surrounding News International, the recent riots across Britain and this boyhood dream of being abducted by UFOs. Read more
The image of the 'creative type' is a myth. Jonah Lehrer on why anyone can innovate—and why a hot shower, a cold beer or a trip to your colleague's desk might be the key to your next big idea.
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How writers are made by their families.
Fractious family relations may not be uncommon, yet the extent to which these writers—including W.B. Yeats, Thomas Mann, James Baldwin and John Cheever—managed to fight with their parents, siblings and children make arguments over the dinner table seem like a specialised art form. Read more
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