Granta in the Press

Granta 107

‘Meaty memoirs of loss lend this number its backbone: Mary Gaitskill on a disappearing cat and other bereavements; Will Self’s fine elegy for JG Ballard; Rupert Thomson’s quest through memory for an elusive rascal of an uncle.’ Boyd Tonkin in the Independent

‘From the “energy landscape” to emotional and psychic terrains, this is a far-reaching collection.’ Anita Sethi in the Independent

Granta 105

‘This excellent edition of Granta focuses on “the complex business of salvage”... My favourite line of the whole magazine, I think, comes in Andrew Martin’s ridiculously charming essay on taking up pipe-smoking, when the author reflects on “the fascinating latency of all pipemen”.’ Guardian

Granta 104

‘A rich theme for the new edition of Granta, in which writers including Siri Hustvedt, Michael Bywater and Ali Smith address memories of their fathers. The result is a series of portrayals so acutely evocative that you are often left wincing at the strangely precarious paternal alchemy of pain and love … This poignant collection illuminates the subtle interstices of family life and speaks to every child who has battled against paternal authority only to find they are strengthening the sinews of shared love’ Observer

‘A collection of compelling reflections on each writer’s complex relationship with the first man in his or her life, providing an inevitable trigger for the reader’s own’ Time Out

‘This is the first issue of Granta under its new editor, Alex Clark, and she is serious about discovering new talent … As the recession bites, risk-averse publishers could leave the field open for Granta to discover the literary talent of tomorrow’ Guardian

‘You can always rely on Granta Magazine to bring together some of the most consistently interesting new writing; but this latest edition has, in addition a particularly personal tone’ Daily Mail

‘A nicely judged mixture of stories and memoirs from new writers and established ones’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Ambitious in scope,’ New Statesman

‘Really, really good reading’ I-on Edinburgh

Granta 102

‘A sense of urgency pervades these evocative essays, stories and photographs; we must change our appreciation of the delicate environments in which we live, cease damaging and instead preserve and cultivate their beauty – which might first mean improving ourselves.’ Independent

‘This excellent summer issue of the venerable literary magazine Granta serves up a terrific selection of writing about nature from both ides of the Atlantic. An unfailingly intelligent and insightful collection. Wonderful.’ Daily Mail

‘Granta 102 confronts us with a nature not so much red in tooth and claw
as bloodied to the point of collapse...The collection’s tone is at
once hard-edged and elegiac.’ Observer

You can read Boyd Tonkin’s article from the Independent on the revival of British nature writing and Granta 102 here.

Granta 101

‘Granta was, and now continues to be, a magazine worth re-reading… when you’ve turned the last page… you’re curious to see the next issue. Granta 101 does the trick.’ Times

You can read more reviews of Granta 101 from the Guardian, Observer, Independent, Financial Times, Irish Times, Culture Wars, Daily Mail and the Evening Standard, as well as from bloggers at wordpress.com and Attic Fantasist.

For recent profiles of the magazine, read Simon Garfield’s ‘From student rag to literary riches’ from the Observer and Emma Higginbotham’s ‘Granta sends ripples around the world’ from the Cambridge Evening News.