Sunday evening, the authors Zadie Smith and Andrew Sean Greer-along with their dates, Ms. Smith's husband, Nick Laird, and Mr. Greer's boyfriend, David Ross-gathered in a corner of the Library at the Hudson Hotel, where the Accompanied Literary Society was holding its black-tie Oscar-viewing party. ...

Sunday evening, the authors Zadie Smith and Andrew Sean Greer-along with their dates, Ms. Smith's husband, Nick Laird, and Mr. Greer's boyfriend, David Ross-gathered in a corner of the Library at the Hudson Hotel, where the Accompanied Literary Society was holding its black-tie Oscar-viewing party. ...

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Décidément, les Britanniques excellent dans la comédie sociale aigre-douce. Il y avait Nick ­Hornby et Zadie Smith, il faudra compter avec Nikita Lalwani, romancière anglo-indienne de 35 ans dont le premier roman, Surdouée, se lit d'une traite. C'est l'histoire de Rumi, fillette d'origine indi...

Zadie Smith, who might as will have a regular column in the NYRB at this point, has published yet another essay in that journal. These pieces continue to be among the more interesting literary coverage the NYRB has recently published, although Smith's latest offering can only be termed quasi-literar...

On Monday most workplaces will return to normal after the festive break. This will also be the case for Radio 4's flagship morning programme, Today, reverting to its standard rota of editors and news-driven output after a week of guest editors drawn from the worlds of culture, business and religion....

The singer Jarvis Cocker and novelist Zadie Smith have been announced as guest editors of BBC Radio 4's Today programme over Christmas....

The chairman of the stricken Citigroup bank is to join Zadie Smith and Jarvis Cocker as a guest editor of Radio 4's Today show over Christmas. By Leigh Holmwood...

THE NORTHERN CLEMENCY By Philip Hensher Knopf. 597 pp. $26.95...

THE NORTHERN CLEMENCY By Philip Hensher Knopf. 597 pp. $26.95...