Translating Karl Kraus & The Last Days of Mankind
Austrian satirist Karl Kraus’s famous Die letzten Tage der Menschheit – or in English The Last Days of Mankind – remains powerfully…
Literature
Patrick Modiano’s Paris
Patrick Modiano’s Paris – Article by Mark Polizzotti, translator of Suspended Sentences & After the Circus Patrick Modiano’s…
The Critics’ Choice: Clive James Latest Readings
‘Being book crazy is an aspect of love, and therefore scarcely rational at all’ – Clive James Clive…
A Yale Winter Reading List
Whether your winter pursuits include trips to the ballet, winter wine tasting or some fireside garden planning in…
The Event of Terry Eagleton
‘If Terry Eagleton didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’ – Simon Critchley, author of The…
A Clive James Reading List
‘With James, one hopes fervently that the finale is only just beginning.’ —Evening Standard This year Yale published…
Yale Books Autumn Reading List
‘I don’t think there’s a trade publishing house producing high-calibre, serious non-fiction of the quality and variety of Yale.’…
Bookshop of the Month: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd
The charm of a second hand book and the thrill of discovering a hidden gem is one of…
Clive James – in Conversation
‘My response to books has improved throughout my life, until now, finally, I am fit to be a…
Bookshop of the Month: The National Theatre Bookshop
At the very heart of London’s South Bank – famous for its striking Brutalist concrete architecture – you…
Bookshop of the Month: Jarrold’s Bookshop, Norwich
We are heading east for our bookshop of the month for June, to Jarrold department store in Norwich. The…
The Ceaseless Curiosity of Alberto Manguel: An Interview
What drives us to learn? How do books help us understand the world? How does language fail us?…
Bookshop of the Month: Heywood Hill
At 10 Curzon Street in Mayfair, London, you will find Heywood Hill – our bookshop of the month…
Curiosity: The Question of ‘Why?’
Alberto Manguel is a tour de force when it comes to reading, and in fact all things book…
Celebrating Poets: The Yale Younger Poets prize
World Poetry Day, on 21 March, is an event organised by the United Nations to ‘recognise the unique…