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Ian McEwan’s ‘Ragbag’ of Essays Becomes ‘Between Books,’ a New Nonfiction Journey

The collection includes essays and speeches, plus a new introduction and material published before and never published before.

  • On Wednesday, Alfred Knopf announced that British novelist Ian McEwan's essay and speech collection, 'Between Books', will be published on May 25.
  • The author of 'Atonement', 'The Innocent', and the Booker Prize-winning 'Amsterdam' is releasing his first full-length work of nonfiction after decades as a novelist.
  • Compiled from material both published before and never published before, 'Between Books' features everything from 'intimate personal recollection to bold intellectual enquiry,' according to Knopf.
  • Knopf Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Jordan Pavlin described the collection as an 'intimate record of a great mind wrestling with the contours of his own life'.
  • McEwan, 78, said in a statement that he 'started out contemplating a ragbag of disparate pieces and ended up with what I hope is an emotional and intellectual journey.
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Ian McEwan’s 'ragbag' of essays becomes 'Between Books,' a new nonfiction journey

Ian McEwan has compiled his occasional nonfiction into a full-length book

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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