Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song wins 2023 Booker Prize – but what about the rest? November 27, 2023 Lynch's winning novel was described as "soul-shattering" by the Booker's head judge, but the choice wasn't unanimous. So what came in close?
‘It wasn’t unanimous’: Booker Prize judge Esi Edugyan on choosing the winner November 27, 2023 Paul Lynch was last night crowned 2023's Booker Prize winner. We spoke to head judge Esi Edugyan to find out what goes on behind the scenes.
Battle of the books: Nadine Dorries vs Boris Johnson November 6, 2023 Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson both wrote novels, but whose writing is best? To save you the hassle of actually reading either of them, we’ve done the dirty work for you and ranked one of Dorries’s bestsellers and Johnson’s sole thriller side by side. Ruby Flynn – Nadine Dorries (2015) Ahead of the much anticipated [...]
Rachel Reeves denies plagiarism in new book October 26, 2023 Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has denied accusations of plagiarism in her new book on women in economics.
City Pages: 5 books on the changing world of work September 18, 2023 We review five new-in titles that re-examine our relationship to our jobs in the brave new post-pandemic world of work.
The 5 best independent book shops in London September 18, 2023 City A.M. took to the streets for a book crawl to pinpoint the five best book shops in London – judging on vibes, atmosphere, curation and bonus extras.
Independent bookshops are thriving – as long as they offer more than just books September 18, 2023 Morocco Bound is a lesson in adaptability. Even its owner “[doesn’t] know what to call it these days”. Music venue, community space, workshop facility hosting poetry slams, comedy nights, life drawing sessions and more, it was – originally – a book shop. “I’m an architect,” Jonathan Dransfield, the owner, tells me. An architect who wrote [...]
City Pages: The 10 books that should be on your list this summer July 10, 2023 From classic to contemporary, thriller or Booker prize winner, the City A.M. team picks the 10 top books that should be on your list this summer. 1. Victory City by Salman Rushdie It’s Rushdie, so you know it’s gonna be good, but this is really good. Framed as a translation of a 15th Century Sanskrit [...]
A tribute to Martin Amis: ‘He wanted time itself to flow backwards’ May 28, 2023 Last weekend Martin Amis died in Fort Worth, Florida at the age of 73 – the same age as his father Sir Kingsley Amis – of a disease I hadn’t known he had, in a house I wasn’t aware he had owned. Why should the death of our heroes be so shocking, being as it [...]
The Notebook: James Ashton on his new book, microchips and bullishness May 11, 2023 Book-writing novices need know one thing before putting metaphorical pen to paper: submitting that manuscript after months of toil is far from a full stop.