Portrait of author and critic AS Byatt, whose prolific output includes the Booker Prize-winning novel Possession and the mesmerising novellas Angels and Insects.

Bookmark records Byatt in some of her favourite places: the subterranean shelves of the London Library, the seascapes of East Yorkshire and her primary school in Pontefract. Along the way, she talks about the trials of her childhood, her habits as a writer and her relationship with her family, including sister and fellow writer Margaret Drabble. Show less