J.K. Rowling and The Casual Vacancy: A sneak peek at its adaptation A preview of the HBO series, plus Brian Bethune’s review of the adult novel by Harry Potter’s plotter
Mordecai’s last wordsBiographer Charles Foran on finding notes and scenes for the novel Mordecai Richler did not live to finish
Emma Donoghue’s room without a viewHer new novel is claustrophobic, controversial, brilliant—and on the Booker short list