4thcoming: Katherine Heiny
Name: Katherine Heiny Book: Single, Carefree, Mellow. What’s it about? A collection of ten exquisite stories that form a guided tour of … Continued
Name: Katherine Heiny Book: Single, Carefree, Mellow. What’s it about? A collection of ten exquisite stories that form a guided tour of … Continued
It’s such a unique story: how did you come to the idea in the first place? It was a gift
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One week into WOM4N, our month of celebrating female writers, we have an extraordinary interview in which our new favourite feminist interviews our
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Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl, encouraged people far and wide to tweet in questions for her;
You’re well known to booklovers already for your brilliant history writing – what made you want to take the leap
We were so excited both to reissue Crash, and to have Zadie Smith write the introduction, that we at 4th
Yesterday, 4th Estate took a trip to the theatre, and we saw not one, but two fantastic adaptations of our
Central Park is New York City’s winter preserve. Whenever it snows here – and it does snow, though infrequently –
Pen or computer? (Material) Starting in a notebook or scraps of paper, gradually accumulating to ever-expanding screeds on my laptop…
Pen or computer? (Material) Pen, computer, print-out; pen, computer, print-out. Repeat. Sitting or standing? (Pose) Walking/ running while planning; sitting
How do I feel about winning the Samuel Johnson Prize? The answer is predictable and embarrassing. In a word, smug.
Last summer at the festival in Hay-on-Wye, I was asked to name a famous person and choose a book to
Watch Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ and its sequel ‘Bring Up The Bodies’, talking about
Why did you decide to write a book about cancer? The book is a very long answer to a question