'In its blend of memoirs, photojournalism and reportage, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world' Observer

'How much more fun it is to open fat Granta than one of those thin starved magazines' Guardian

'With each new issue, Granta enhances its reputation for presenting, in unequalled range and depth, the best contemporary writers in journalism and fiction' Sunday Times

'Granta is a wonderful thing… Only The New Yorker has an equivalent power to snare you unawares, and you can't fit that in your coat pocket' Time Out

'A publication which has an impressive track record for being in the right place at the right time' Independent

'An oasis of good writing' New Statesman

'One of the strengths of this remarkable literary magazine is the diversity of material it contains… There is not one piece that does not enhance your perception of the world in some way' Scotland on Sunday

'An overwhelmingly powerful force in English writing' Spectator

'Every issue of Granta is met with pleasurable anticipation' TLS

'The quality and variety of its contributors is stunning, and none of its rivals comes close to matching it… Granta is, quite simply, the most impressive literary magazine of its time' Daily Telegraph

'Edgy, incisive, and takes unabashed pleasure in fine writing' Daily Mail

'A stunning contribution to contemporary literature' Newsweek

'Retains the high gloss of cultural chic while standing in the front ranks of high-minded and important literary periodicals' Elle

'Indispensable…book-sized and book-shaped, there is no magazine quite like it' Glasgow Herald

'A fixture on the literary map: an important focus for interesting new writing, both literary and journalistic' Financial Times

'Surprising and pointed, often funny, never dry' Vanity Fair

'A high-toned, high-lit magazine… Granta represents the pinnacle of literary and political writing' Vogue

'Top-notch journalism, memoir, fiction, essay, photography… Hip for a quarter of a century' Chicago Tribune

'An extraordinary success… Granta is the most highly praised literary magazine. Remarkably the praise is deserved' New York Times Book Review

'Provides enough to satisfy the most rabid appetite for good writing and hard thinking' Washington Post Book World

'Granta's writing shines for its melding of political acuity and superb crafting. Writers are allowed enough length to include all the necessary color and context, making each issue…as worthy of saving as the best hardbacks' Utne Reader

'Its heady mix of writers shows why the magazine remains a must read for fans of travel literature' Conde Nasté Traveller

'Every issue contains some gem, and some issues are a treasury. The very Granta you miss will always be the one you hunt down later, to find the piece you know you now must read' Irish Times

'Maybe Granta's not the best magazine in the world, but in its ability to turn up new and exciting writers and to coax from them, and an older guard, narratives that are by turns enthralling, upsetting, shocking, exhilarating and surprising, it's so close as makes little matter' Toronto Globe and Mail

'Granta's exceptional influence may, inevitably, be less than you might wish. It's also been greater than anyone dared hope' David Hare

'I've grown up as a writer with Granta and it's impossible to think of literary life without it. There are other literary magazines and then there is Granta—unique, enduring and indispensable' Graham Swift

'Eccentric, partisan and cosmopolitan, Granta is unique' Susan Sontag