Helen Humphreys’ latest book is a hybrid of fiction and factNovelist Helen Humphreys talks about how the death of loved ones sent her across the continent in pursuit of vanished apple varieties
Starring Oslo as Gotham CityFamed for his part in Scandinavia’s noir boom, Jo Nesbø has a few other careers, too
A.S.A. HarrisonShe was an avant-garde artist who once practised striptease for a book, but she longed to write a novel for a bigger audience
Rewiring Trevor Greene’s brainThe former soldier survived an axe attack in Afghanistan, now he’s defying the limits of science in his recovery
Mordecai’s last wordsBiographer Charles Foran on finding notes and scenes for the novel Mordecai Richler did not live to finish
Telling us all about his friend Stieg LarssonThe author of the Millennium trilogy was once a crusading journalist, but no saint
Advice for parents of “big kids with even bigger problems”Gail Parent on boomer parents and how to kick a 28-year-old out of the nest
The missing half of Yann Martel’s new novelHis plan for his long-awaited follow-up to ‘Life of Pi’ didn’t quite work out