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In the strange, beguiling novels of mid-century writer Barbara Comyns, girls levitate and ducks swim through drawing rooms, while her own colourful life included a friendship with spy Kim Philby, and her talents were championed by Graham Greene. Might a new biography finally secure her place in the literary canon, asks Jessie Thompson
Lisa Tuttle’s “My Death” is short, uncanny, provocative, and pays tribute to a body of forgotten literature.
The 1997 book has received a reissue - and an audiobook edition featuring traditional music virtuoso Martin Hayes
Private Eye’s erstwhile deputy editor used to love a feud. But these days, he’s more about hymns and reconciliation
In their 50th year, Virago marks the first anniversary of the death their founder, Carmen Callil, author and genius publisher, with an inaugural lecture by Dame Hermione Lee.