Max Porter

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Max Porter lives in London and works at Granta Books. He was the editor of The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, and his own novel Grief is the Thing with Feathers is one of the most admired books of the past several years. Max was born in 1981 in High Wycombe.

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Rot and decay: an extract from the new novel by Max Porter

After editing The Luminaries, Max Porter released his own book, Grief Is the Thing With Feathers. His new novel Lanny is short and strange; every page squishes with imagery, a rich compost of words.

By Max Porter | 29th May, 2019

Books: The Year of Max Porter

Books: The Year of Max Porter

All week this week we feature a memoir of 2015 by a writer of distinction. Today's memoirist: London writer Max Porter, whose debut novel Grief is a Thing with Feathers was named by numerous reviewers and authors as one of their favourite books of the year - and has been tipped to feature in next year's Man Booker Prize.

By Max Porter | 16th December, 2015

Books: The Guiding Unseen Hand of Granta Books editor Max Porter Helped Shape Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries. He’s also a Brilliant Novelist Himself

Books: The Guiding Unseen Hand of Granta Books editor Max Porter Helped Shape Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries. He’s also a Brilliant Novelist Himself

London writer Max Porter - best known in New Zealand as the editor of Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries - has published his first novel, described in the UK literary press as "a breathtaking work of art"

By Max Porter | 28th September, 2015