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Journalism
From in-depth interviews to online quizzes, roundups of the day's political events to opinion pieces and blog posts, I cover the breadth of journalistic activity. You can read examples of all these types of work – and more – below.
Latest news stories
Orwell winner is Having it So Good
Novel joins non-fiction on Mind books shortlist
'Big and serious' books contend for Orange New Writers award
Road takes McCarthy to Pulitzer
Shopping carts beat green Nazis to title prize
Read more news stories in the news story archive.
Latest feature
Braving new worlds: the virtual literary scene in Second Life.
Read more features in the features archive.
Blog
I am a regular contributor to the Guardian's arts blog. Here's an archive of my blog posts.
Latest interviews
China Miéville: weird fiction maestro
Uzodinma Iweala: Granta young novelist
Kate Pullinger: digital literature pioneer
Robert Ingpen: award-winning illustrator
Michelle Paver: author of Wolf Brother
Jonathan Stroud: author of the Bartimeus trilogy
Lauren Child: creator of Clarice Bean and Charlie and Lola
Read more interviews in the interviews archive.
Website reviews
I write a regular 'site of the week' column, highlighting the best literary websites. Read a collection of my reviews here and here.
Travel features
I have been commissioned to write travel pieces that range from exploring France in a huge campervan to covering the best clubs around the world for a Mixmag feature to experiencing dream healing pilgrimage in Greece …
Author pages
Get up to speed on literary legends in a matter of minutes with my quick introductions to well-known authors.
John Banville | Paulo Coelho | Neil Gaiman | David Mitchell | Haruki Murakami | Orhan Pamuk | Edgar Allan Poe | Philip Pullman | WG Sebald | Georges Simenon | Ali Smith | Edward St Aubyn | Sarah Waters
Quizzes
Pit your wits against some of my fiendishly tricky literary quizzes.
Roald Dahl | Football and literature | Birthdays | Italian literature | 2005 | Politics and literature | Catholic writers | World literature | US presidents | Tennis | EU enlargement | Christian allegory | HG Wells | | Harry Potter | May Day | Easter trail | Fictional detectives | Christmas | Japanese literature | Jilly Cooper | John Betjeman
The Wrap
I am an occasional writer of The Wrap, the Guardian's daily digest of eleven of the morning's papers, delivered to subscribers' in-boxes by breakfast time. Read an example of my work, and listen to me on the Guardian's podcast, here.
Live festival coverage
Read my coverage of the Hay festival 2005 and 2006 and the Port Eliot festival for Guardian Unlimited, reported live with a laptop from a leaky tent.