Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernières review – whimsy and sexbots at the end of the world
Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor: a land of megaliths, ghosts, solitude – and literature
March 2021
Louis de Bernières reveals 'extreme cruelty' he suffered at prep school
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin author says the school, where he boarded from the age of eight, delivered routine violence and abuse to its pupils
February 2020
British Book awards balance art and selling power to decide best writer in 30 years
Novelists rub shoulders with presidents, chefs, comedians and thriller megastars on longlist to define the title with the biggest impact on the book world
June 2019
Captain Corelli's missing mandolin: when rehearsals go wrong
What’s the scene like in the rehearsal room in the third week? At fringe play J’Ouvert, injury leads to a frenzy. At the RSC, the actors scour footnotes. And on Captain Corelli they’re in a sweat about the instrument
April 2019
Captain Corelli's Mandolin review – wartime weepy is shocking and wondrous
Rona Munro’s adaptation of the Louis de Bernières classic cuts back the love story to drum home the bloody trauma of conflict
August 2018
So Much Life Left Over by Louis de Bernières review – family drama in a changing world
A cast of troubled characters search for happiness as they try to put the great war behind them
August 2016
My writing day
Louis de Bernières: ‘I’ve never written about a place I haven’t been to, that would be cheeky’
The author on writing poetry on trains, wallpaper music and his first ever word processor
January 2016
This much I know
Louis de Bernières: ‘I don’t play the mandolin much now. I’ve always been more of a guitar player’
The novelist, 61, on keyboard-invading cats, thieving pigeons, not looking in mirrors and getting on badly with God
October 2015
The Q&A
Q&A: Louis de Bernières
‘Most embarrassing moment? When my knitted swimming trunks fell down’
July 2015
Digested read
The Dust That Falls from Dreams by Louis de Bernières – digested read
Book of the day
The Dust That Falls from Dreams by Louis de Bernières review – an epic tale of love and war
June 2015
Meet the author
Louis de Bernières: ‘I’m kind of a narratological imperialist, I suppose’
The author on the ease of storytelling, his new novel – based on his grandmother’s experience of the first world war – and hallucinogenic snails
December 2013
Comfort reading
Notwithstanding by Louis de Bernières: pleasures of the parish pump
From rambunctious nuns to soft-hearted military men, eccentric characters save these stories of village life in rural England from tweeness, writes Tim Maby
August 2013
Imagining Alexandria: Poems in Memory of CP Cavafy by Louis de Bernières – review
The bestselling novelist's first verse collection is fuelled by a debt to his favourite poet, writes Kate Kellaway
June 2012
My family values
Louis de Bernières: My family values
The writer talks about his family. Interview by Anita Sethi
December 2011
10 of the best
John Mullan's 10 of the best: cardinals
From William Shakespeare's Pandulph to Hilary Mantel's Wolsey, John Mullan picks some of the most memorable cardinals in literature. Who have we missed?
September 2011
After Hollywood
Australia's Red Dog: does this underdog know enough tricks to travel?
Phil Hoad: Australians have been lapping up a homegrown film adaptation of Louis de Bernières's dog tale. But, like Muriel's Wedding, can Red Dog succeed abroad?
August 2011
Top 10s
Jason Goodwin's top 10 books about Turkey
Encompassing poetry, history, fiction and even cookery, the author picks his favourite reading about this 'elusive and contradictory' country
May 2011
Red Dog – review
The nothing-is-sacred humour of the Australian bush comes naturally to this London Australian film festival opener, writes Giles Anderton
