Jonathan Strange

Nov 12, 2024 | foliosociety.com | Mary Poppins |Jonathan Strange |Jurassic Park |A Game

Rediscover the magic of Mary Poppins in this enchanting Folio Society edition. Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, who brings a fresh perspective while honouring Mary Shepard’s original drawings, this edition perfectly captures the timeless charm of P. L. Travers’s beloved classic. Experience To Kill a Mockingbird like never before.

Apr 10, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Jorge Luis Borges |Jonathan Strange |Susanna Clarke |Haruki Murakami

Reading Lists Step into a portal of books, magic, and adventure I suspect many writers spend hours and hours at their local library and, if they’re anything like me, they can often feel like they’re swallowed up in a grandiose, if not downright mythological reservoir of knowledge. I remember living in Los Angeles, going to the Los Angeles Public Library, sitting at long tables and reading books about the arctic for a story I was writing. Later, I was reading books about the desert for another...

Dec 15, 2023 | bombmagazine.org | Michel Bernanos |José Saramago |Jonathan Strange |Susanna Clarke

Way back in 2004, the author and critic Matthew Cheney wrote, “If Kelly Link isn’t the best short story writer in the US, then she’s the equal of whoever is,” a judgment with which I agreed then and have agreed ever since. For years, I’ve guided readers to Magic for Beginners (2005), Link’s second collection and winner of the Locus Award, as, if not her best, then at least the one I hold dearest.

Apr 12, 2023 | crimereads.com | Hester Fox |Terry Pratchett |Neil Gaiman |Jonathan Strange

The only thing better than getting lost in a library? Reading a book about one, of course. Whether it’s the Library of Alexandria, the British Library, or your favorite local branch, libraries hold a special place in our hearts and imaginations as portals to all sorts of knowledge and different worlds. If books are a “uniquely portable magic,” as Stephen King says, then libraries are a wellspring of enchantment, places where our imaginations are given license to run free.

Feb 3, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | E.L. Doctorow |Jonathan Strange |Susanna Clarke

One of the real pleasures of assembling our 90th Anniversary Issue was combing through the archives to see what Kirkus Reviews had to say about the classics as well as some lesser-known books. You’ll find excerpts from those archival fiction reviews below. We didn’t aim to represent every major title of the past 90 years but to highlight the ones that were most entertaining or illuminating today. Allhave been condensed and lightly edited, when necessary, for clarity.