Ian Thomson in the TLS (October 2026) on Greene’s battle with publisher William Heinemann

IAN THOMSON, travel writer, biographer and academic, has written a terrific piece in a recent issue of the Times Literary Supplement about Graham Greene’s battle to extricate himself in the early 1960s from his long-time publisher William Heinemann. The full article is here but it is behind a paywall – but do note that there is a one-month free trial option which, if nothing else, would allow you to read Ian’s excellent essay.

By the way, Ian has spoken at the last two Graham Greene International Festivals and you can listen to recordings of his capitvating talks via these links:

(1) in 2025, Ian reflected on the now sadly destroyed Hotel Olofsson in Port-au-Prince, almost a character in its own right in Greene’s The Comedians (1966).

(2) and in last month’s (2026) festival, Ian took us to Estonia in the 1930s and Greene’s strange encounter with “our man in Tallinn”.