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Paperback writer
Chris Cleave: 'I like the wartime generation too much to idolise them'

The author of Everyone Brave Is Forgiven explains how his grandparents’ fortitude inspired a story that reflects uncomfortably on the way we live now

Published: 7 Feb 2017

My grandparents’ war letters: a love story

It was only after their deaths that Chris Cleave discovered the depth of his grandparents’ love – and filled in the detail of who they were

Published: 16 Apr 2016

Insomnia and me
Insomnia and me: Chris Cleave

'I do sometimes wonder why the nocturnal me seems to write on such strong acid'

Published: 18 Apr 2014

Twitter fiction
Twitter fiction: Chris Cleave

The journalist and novelist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer

Published: 23 Feb 2013

Should writers review each other?

'Peer reviewers' tend to be gentler than full-time critics, particularly if they know each other – does this mean we should never write about each other?

Published: 12 Oct 2011

Published: 12 Oct 2011

Spring by David Szalay – review

David Szalay's third novel leaves Chris Cleave with a sense of wonder

Published: 6 May 2011

Books blog
Would like to eat: when authors met book bloggers for lunch

Chris Cleave: What would a 'speed-date' style encounter between writers and bloggers dish up? Who would eat whom first? And would I finally get to meet the author of the worst review I've ever had?

Published: 21 Feb 2011

Down with the kids
Down with the kids: table manners

At last our children are developing a primitive form of civilisation

Published: 26 Feb 2010
Down with the kids
Down with the kids: unsettling nostalgia

Childhood scenes are stored in your memory bank, just waiting for the right trigger

Published: 19 Feb 2010
Down with the kids
Down with the kids

We have no plans for any more babies, but I'm not sure I can let go of the Slightly Dangerous Cot

Published: 12 Feb 2010
Down with the kids
Down with the kids

My sons have a strange new hero to replace Batman - Mark Boyle, aka No Money Man

Published: 5 Feb 2010

Down with the kids
Down with the kids

We didn't have three kids to be fashionable - we did it to plunder the Earth's resources

Published: 29 Jan 2010
Down with the kids
Down with the kids

Published: 22 Jan 2010

Down with the kids
Down with the kids: Christmas decorations

Not everyone seems to realise that decorating their front garden isn't a competition

Published: 18 Dec 2009
Down with the kids
Down with the kids: Christmas charity

Our boys have instructed Santa to swoop down to deliver a flock of chickens to an unsuspecting villager in the developing world

Published: 10 Dec 2009

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