A collection of blogs, originally based on "The Guardian"'s website, about the art and nature of writing, from the award-winning author. Also features essays on character, voice, writers' workshops and writers' health, as well as a...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, this is a topical London love story from the Costa prize-winning author. Set in 2014, it is poignant, funny and beautifully written. von Kennedy, A. L.

The host of a podcast reveals why she is haunted by New Mexico, a celebrity practices for a chat show he will never appear on, and other men and women clash with their circumstances and modern life, in a collection of short fiction from...

Winston Churchill hated The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and tried to have it banned when it was released in 1943. But Martin Scorsese, a champion of directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, considers it a masterpiece. It's a...

The ferociously talented author of Original Bliss and On Bullfighting offers this haunting tale of two forlorn people who find in each other a hope and love as genuine and original as this marvelous book in which they come to life. M....

Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Not One Tiny Bit Lovey-Dovey Moon Adventure von Kennedy, A. L.

Ein neues Abenteuer mit Onkel Stan und Dan Dan Dachs liebt seinen besten Freund Onkel Stan. Obwohl der sehr ungewöhnlich ist. Dr. P'Krall hingegen hasst Onkel Stan, weil der ungewöhnlich ist - ungeheuerlich ungewöhnlich, um genau zu...

'Kennedy is a superb writer and the canniness of her observation keeps you reading' Sunday TimesHumour, fantasy, rage and despair both help and hinder the protagonists of these stories as they navigate changing circumstances,...

Almost forty and with nothing to show for it, Hannah Luckraft is starting to realise that her lifestyle is not sustainable. From Scotland to Dublin, from London to Montreal, to Budapest and onwards, Hannah travels in search of the...

A.L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards, including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in London and is a part-time lecturer in...

FICTION / General von Kennedy, A. L.

Mary befriends a golden snake who visits her throughout her life as the city changes and the bombs start to drop. A reflection on the separations that come with friendship, and the immigrant experience. von Kennedy, A. L.