What to read
- Children’s laureate‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of HeidiHe has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives
Emma BrockesInterviewAnita Desai: ‘After I left India, I had to train myself to express my opinions’At 87, the Indian author has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times, and has written her first novel in a decade. She talks about leaving India to teach and write around the world – and feeling like a stranger everywhere