2009

Contents

• Out of the Flames: Rory MacLean visits a collection of books banned by the Nazis
• Jonathan Keates considers the importance of literary shrines
• Matthew Burton and Kevin Billington remember Harold Pinter
• Katie Waldegrave on the work of First Story
• James Fergusson on how to save a book for posterity
• Victoria Glendinning, Ronald Harwood, Hanif Kureishi and Jackie Kay tell Maggie Fergusson about their triumphs and reverse
• David Nokes examines Samuel Johnson's relationship with his wife
• Anne Chisholm on writing Frances Partidge's biography
• Short story: Cynthia Rogerson's winning entry for the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize
• The private life of a public nuisance: the result of our competition
• Linda Kelly on 'serious' writers who love detective stories