Features & interviews

<p>Colm Toibin is the master of extracting the maximum effect from the minimum of prose</p>

Colm Toibin’s sequel to Brooklyn is a lesson on regret and ageing

Can we ever return to the past or renew a lost love? These are the central tenets of the Irish author’s latest novel – a pacey read that revisits some much-loved characters tackling some of life’s big questions, writes Robert McCrum

<p>Literary feast: Miriam Margolyes, Toby Jones, Gary Lineker and Marian Keyes appear at Hay Festival 2024 </p>

Hay Festival 2024: our guide to this year’s highlights

<p>Our guide to what to read this May </p>

The best new books to read this May

<p>Rebel Wilson’s book may be the first celebrity memoir to forgo gossip and myth-making in favour of detailing marketing strategies and movie-star asset management</p>

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir is bemusing and fixated on money

Reviews

<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>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

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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