Furious Hours review: A mannerly account of Harper Lee’s trial run

Casey Cep’s book on author’s true crime project is bogged down by fact-checked stasis

Editor who published Julia Child and Anne Frank’s diary

Obituary: Judith Jones, editor, born March 10th, 1924; died August 2nd, 2017

A study that fails to do justice to a great writer: Updike

Adam Begley’s cold life of John Updike misses the man by focusing on the fiction

The torment of memory and the fear of forgetting

The Brazilian writer Michael Laub’s story of three generations affected by the Holocaust is remarkable for its gifted writing and exceptional translation

Word for Word: Deadpan, charming and funny

It can be marvellous to read other people’s letters, as ‘Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life’ illustrates perfectly

Word for Word: one day Jane Gardam will get her dues

Testing the Current

1980s William McPherson novel reissued