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A review of Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague, by Maggie O’Farrell. A professor makes the case in a new book for the beauty and logic of the language. A new book illuminates the writings of John Hersey.

Hamnet' Fans of historical literary fiction ... Paul Mescal returns as Shakespeare in this adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's rich, soulful novel. However, this is less the story of William and ...

Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn is seemingly trying to revive his relationship with the Lover songstress.Reported by RadarOnline.com, an insider revealed that the British actor who is ...

Edinburgh calls to readers, its pearl-grey skies urging them to curl up with a book. Maggie O’Farrell, the author of “Hamnet,” suggests reading that best reflects her city.

Q. It is said that first novels are always autobiographical? Is yours? A. Not particularly, but there are bits in the book which are very like me. I grew up in North Berwick, I'm one of three ...

Maggie O’Farrell, the author of “Hamnet,” suggests reading that best reflects her city. “No one sound speaks for all” Jamaicans, the novelist Marlon James says. Here are the books he ...

Maggie O’Farrell has form when it comes to disappearing women. People often go missing in her novels. Sometimes these disappearances are self-imposed acts of escape; sometimes, as in the case of her ...

Reading the publisher's blurb for this novel, I'm disappointed. It promises an 'exciting new departure' from Maggie O'Farrell's previous work, the best book you'll read all year, and so on. 'Exciting' ...

When Jessie Burton published The Miniaturist in 2014, it became the fastest-selling debut of the decade, shifting over a ...

It will be up to Government to decide "at a later stage" whether to hold a full public inquiry into the circumstances around the death of Shane O'Farrell, according to Minister of State Timmy Dooley.