Viola’s Room review – Punchdrunk’s gothic tale of puzzling wonder
Helena Bonham Carter narrates as a bare-footed audience explore exquisite rooms in this unsettling, grief-soaked journey into the night
March 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 mirrored lives in fiction
From Oscar Wilde to Daisy Johnson, parallel lives – and what they say about choices and circumstance – have long been a source of fascination and inspiration for novelists
August 2020
Sisters by Daisy Johnson review – complex and chilling
A lyrical tale of siblings joined by a supernatural bond
Book of the day
Sisters by Daisy Johnson review – too close for comfort
The darkly riveting relationship between teenage siblings is explored in a gothic tale from the Booker-shortlisted author
Books interview
Daisy Johnson: 'It’s not an easy time to be looking at yourself or other people'
Ahead of her latest, unnerving novel Sisters, the youngest ever author shortlisted for the Booker discusses her fascination with horror, family and growing up on Harry Potter
January 2019
Why are we so obsessed with young, successful people like Sally Rooney?
Ammar Kalia
The author’s achievements are considerable – but it’s her talent that matters, not her age, says Guardian journalist Ammar Kalia
December 2018
Fresh voices
'There was a lot of crying': youngest Booker prize nominee on writing her first novel - video
The author made headlines this year after becoming the youngest person to be shortlisted for the Man Booker prize with her debut novel Everything Under. Iman Amrani speaks to her about her book
November 2018
Top 10s
From Hound of the Baskervilles to the Essex Serpent: top 10 folk tales in fiction
Folklore continues to inspire writers like Neil Gaiman and Sarah Perry – as well as online communities with #FolkloreThursday and creepypastas
October 2018
How I write: Man Booker shortlist authors reveal their inspirations
A former slave’s travels, a violent Swat-team arrest, a war between humans and trees... Esi Edugyan, Rachel Kushner, Daisy Johnson, Robin Robertson, Richard Powers and Anna Burns on the real stories behind their novels
September 2018
The Guardian Books podcast
Sarah Waters, John Boyne and the 2018 Man Booker prize shortlist – books podcast
As The Little Stranger opens in cinemas, its author considers screen adaptations. Boyne discusses his novel of desperate ambitions – and we discuss the Booker finalists
Books blog
Man Booker prize shortlist narrows the field – and also its sights?
Sian Cain
The longlist for this year’s award had a daring reach, but the final six contenders return readers to rather more conventional territory
Man Booker 2018: Daisy Johnson becomes youngest ever author shortlisted for prize
The 27-year-old British author’s debut Everything Under is up for the £50,000 award, while Michael Ondaatje and the first nominated graphic novel are knocked out
August 2018
The Guardian Books podcast
Daisy Johnson and Michael Hughes on classical adaptations – books podcast
Books that made me
Daisy Johnson: ‘When I’m stressed out, I read The Shining’
July 2018
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson review – a stunning debut novel
Longlisted for the Man Booker prize, this complex story about a troubled mother-daughter relationship creates a strange new mythology
Man Booker prize 2018 longlist – in pictures
Introducing the 13 novels in contention for Britain’s most prestigious literary award
Man Booker prize 2018 longlist includes graphic novel for the first time
New voices, but less global: the Man Booker longlist overturns expectations
Justine Jordan
Book of the day
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson – review
July 2016
The first book interview
Daisy Johnson: seeking 'intense strangeness in a world that feels like ours'
The first book interview: Fen’s author explains how short stories were the perfect form to ‘do really weird things and have really weird things happen’
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