Empire of the Sun

J.G. Ballard’s surreal fiction continues to resonate through the century

25 April 2026 9:00 am

Christopher Priest’s sympathetic biography, completed by his wife after his premature death, will enlighten new readers and maintain Ballard’s reputation

A poster from the 1930s advertising Shanghai

The wicked old Paris of the Orient

4 June 2016 9:00 am

Here’s the Mandarin for ooh-la-la! As Taras Grescoe, a respected Canadian writer of nonfiction, shows in this marvellous, microscopically descriptive…