Granta

Granta is a quarterly magazine of new writing that has a reputation for attracting the finest writers around. It's Best of Young British Novelists list, which have been published every ten years since 1983, has become a celebrated part of literary culture.

THE BACKGROUND

Granta began life as a student periodical at Cambridge University in 1889. It went on to publish the early work of writers such as Michael Frayn and Sylvia Plath. In 1979 it was reborn as a magazine of new writing. It has become very well known for the quality and variety of its fiction and non-fiction from writers as diverse as Bill Bryson, Ryszard Kapuściński and Arundhati Roy.

ONLY ONLINE

The site of Granta's literary magazine and book-publishing arm has much to offer. It acts as a taster for the print magazine with a contents page for the latest issue, plus details of all back issues and selected highlights from each issue. The Online Only channel features material exclusive to the website, including interviews, short stories and news from the literary world.

16 July 2010