All articles from Common Reader
John Carey: the Common Reader’s Professor
The affectionate obsession of a great critic
Cymbeline book club
SUNDAY 7 p.m. UK time, 2 p.m. Eastern
Why we love Jane Austen more than ever after 250 years
She wrote about what really matters
John Mullan. What makes Jane Austen great?
An anniversary interview for her 250th birthday
Seamus Heaney: a jobber among shadows.
The development of his poetic idiom
Hamnet, the movie
excellent despite its flaws
2025 was a very good year for literary writing on Substack
too much to choose from
SHAME! SHAME! LET CHILDREN READ BOOKS!
The philistine supremacy in schools (and at Netflix)
Is it unliterary to oppose AI?
My "position" on AI
Persuasion book club
SUNDAY 7 p.m. UK time, 2p.m. Eastern time
Pope's contempt
A guest post
Jane Austen's first biographer
celebrating a masterpiece