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Life of Pi author Yann Martel: ‘I thought the Iliad was a book for old farts… then I started getting ideas’

The Life of Pi author Yann Martel explains why his new retelling of Homer’s Iliad offers the ideal antidote to the age of Trump

The Guardian - UK

Ancient texts and marital breakdown: Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody descends into implausibility

When I was a doctoral candidate at Oxford, I spent much of my time working in the papyrology rooms. Usually, my only company was the curator, a kind and learned Sardinian woman who is now a professor at the University of Milan.

The Conversation

A wild girl considers land rights and community in Eva Hornung’s ‘utterly gripping’ new novel

Eva Hornung was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin for her last novel, The Last Garden. The one before that, Dog Boy, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction and is now a Text Classic, introduced by Yann Martel.

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The 13 Books I Cannot Wait To Read This Year, From Buzzy Debuts to New Stories From Firm Favourites

Bookmark this for your 2026 reading list

Marie Claire

Books to look out for in 2026 – fiction

Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year

The Guardian - UK

New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel

The Next Big Story competition, run by writing school The Novelry, is encouraging entries from would-be authors ‘historically overlooked by the publishing industry’

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: Macbeth, Life of Pi, Playhouse Creatures and more

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Shakespeare’s tragedy, a puppet-powered transformation for Yann Martel’s novel and Anna Chancellor in a Restoration-era comedy are among this month’s highlights

The Guardian - UK

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Are AI Companies Ripping Off Writers? Canadian Authors Speak Out

Yann Martel, Heather O’Neill, Douglas Coupland, and others weigh in on their books being used to train AI systems

The Walrus

Award-winning Broadway production of Life Of Pi to close next month

The show, based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, will see its last performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on July 23.

The Independent UK

Review: ‘Life of Pi’ on Broadway has adventure aplenty but leaves behind the heart of the story

NEW YORK — Oceans — let alone lethal Bengal tigers on lifeboats — are usually a nightmare for Broadway; just look at the trouble Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” had in going under the sea. But in the 2019 stage version of “Life of Pi,” which was scripted by Lolita Chakrabarti,…

Chicago Tribune

‘Life of Pi’ Olivier Award-winning West End cast traveling across the pond in Broadway debut

NEW YORK — New York City will be getting a taste of London’s best. The stage adaptation of the 2001 novel by Yann Martel, which later became an Academy Award-winning film, will begin previews on Broadway March 9 with the play’s acclaimed London cast.

Tribune News Service

Lowry Theatre announces Life of Pi will be big Christmas 2023 show

It is a magical retelling of the best-selling novel with animals including a life-sized Bengal Tiger brought to life on stage

Manchester Evening News

What will we be reading next year? Five biggest trends from the London book fair

The publishing jamboree was finally back after a two year break with clues of what we can expect in bookshops once all the deals are signed

The Guardian - UK

Life of Pi triumphs at Olivier Awards

West End show Life Of Pi triumphed at the Olivier Awards scooping a host of top prizes.

Evening Standard

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