Overcoming fears, discovering nature ... what I have learned from lockdown
As lockdown eases, authors including Anne Enright, Mark Haddon and Sebastian Barry reflect on what they have learned – and what comes nextI remember being at an airport gate (back in the other life and...
View ArticleMark Haddon: 'The only books I wish I’d written are better versions of my own'
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time author on discovering Germaine Greer, his dislike of Stieg Larsson and the comforts of reading The Wind in the WillowsThe book I am currently...
View ArticleSocial Distance: a graphic short story for the coronavirus age by Mark Haddon
In this touching story for the Guardian, the author depicts a solitary man finding isolation no different from normal life – until he has an unexpected encounter at the Co-opContinue reading...
View ArticleMark Haddon on the magic of audiobooks: 'I haven’t read a book properly until...
Forget the snobs who treat the written word as superior. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime author explains why he’s a huge fanHear this! The best audiobooks of 2019 – so farA confession....
View ArticleI’m going to keep giving to Oxfam, and so should you | Mark Haddon
I have seen the vital work the charity does around the world and I admire its willingness to examine its practices and changeIf there is one clear thing we have learned from the revelations about the...
View Article'I had a ghost touch me – horrible!' Writers visit haunted houses
To celebrate Halloween, Sarah Perry, Jeanette Winterson, Mark Haddon and other writers put a new spin on the traditional ghost story with tales set in English Heritage propertiesIn my adolescence,...
View ArticleBest holiday reads 2017, picked by writers – part two
What to pack along with the aftersun and flipflops? From novels about gay footballers and updated Greek classics to biographies and poetry, our guest critics offer their holiday must-readsPart one:...
View ArticleMark Haddon: 'I'm not a terribly good writer, but I'm a persistent editor'
The author on self-doubt, Scandi crime and throwing away three quarters of what he producesSome days I can’t write. Some weeks I can’t write. It wouldn’t be such a problem if I could identify those...
View ArticleMark Haddon: 'I’ve read too many beige short stories in my life'
The author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime explains how, in order to find his voice as a short story writer, he had to escape the legacy of Chekhov and CarverI’d been trying to...
View ArticleMark Haddon: a celebration of Allan Ahlberg
Quentin Blake, Roddy Doyle and Chris Riddell were among writers and illustrators who creatively saluted the venerable children’s author AhlbergTop illustrators pay homage to Allan Ahlberg – in...
View ArticleHow a feminist anthology taught me that outsiders can pull together | Mark...
I grew up on a diet of Carry On films, Benny Hill and my parents’ Daily Telegraph. The Spare Rib Reader helped me articulate an unease that I had felt for as long as I could rememberTo be honest, I...
View ArticleThe ban on books for prisoners is over. But how did it happen in the first...
Whether the Ministry of Justice decision was driven by dogma or a simple mistake, such inhumane treatment would do nothing to rehabilitate prisonersThe ban on sending books to prisoners in England and...
View ArticleMark Haddon's Ethiopian adventure
The curious incident of the novelist who conquered his fear of flying with the help of Valium, Mogwai and Ethiopian Airlines flight 707 to Addis AbabaI have been terrified of flying for at least 20...
View ArticleWriters and critics on the best books of 2013
Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Malcolm Gladwell, Eleanor Catton and many more recommend the books that impressed them this yearFive Star Billionaire by Tash...
View ArticleMark Haddon: what the National Theatre means to me
Working with the National Theatre has been the most extraordinary experienceAuthor of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which was adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens and produced...
View ArticleElliott Carter: music of storms and stillness
The American composer Elliott Carter died last year aged 103. As the Aldeburgh festival prepares to stage a posthumous premiere of new work, Mark Haddon celebrates his 'inhuman', beautiful musicWriting...
View ArticleMark Haddon on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Guardian...
Making my novel into a play seemed a preposterous idea: in the end it reminded me of the reasons I wrote it in the first placeI would have found it difficult writing this a year ago. I'd talked about...
View ArticleVote to save the NHS
The National Health Action party is drawing attention to the most important issue of the day – the government's plans to destroy the NHSDuring the late 80s I worked as an illustrator for Nursing Times....
View ArticleOvercoming fears, discovering nature ... what I have learned from lockdown
As lockdown eases, authors including Anne Enright, Mark Haddon and Sebastian Barry reflect on what they have learned – and what comes nextYoung people started to entertain, distract and reassure. They...
View ArticleMark Haddon: 'The only books I wish I’d written are better versions of my own'
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time author on discovering Germaine Greer, his dislike of Stieg Larsson and the comforts of reading The Wind in the WillowsThe book I am currently...
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