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NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (378+ words) The Zimbabwean writer – who has been twice nominated for the Booker – won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, with her story Hitting Budapest Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo has won the Best of Caine award, an honorary prize celebrating a…...
Classics with added Yorkshire class: tributes to Tony Harrison
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (238+ words) Harrison’s poetry and plays made an electrifying connection with readers and audiences through his use of Leeds dialect, and his ear for rhyme. Writers remember his greatness Poet, playwright and broadcaster As a young man in the 1980s I made my…...
CD Rose awarded the 2025 Goldsmiths prize
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) The author has won the experimental literary fiction prize for his ‘dizzying, encyclopaedic’ fifth book, We Live Here Now CD Rose has won the 2025 Goldsmiths prize for his novel We Live Here Now, praised by judges as “hilarious and deeply…...
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (401+ words) Whidbey by T Kira Madden; Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan; Killing Me Softly by Christie Watson; The Dangerous Stranger by Simon Mason; Astronaut! by Oana AristideKilling Me Softly by Christie Watson (Phoenix, £20) In her second psychological thriller,…...
Post your questions for Richard Osman and Mick Herron
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (827+ words) The bestselling authors of The Thursday Murder Club and the Slough House series will take on your questionsRichard Osman and Mick Herron have cracked the code to writing thrillers that captivate audiences. During his stellar career in television, Osman presented…...
Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (458+ words) Tracing the author’s life from bohemian Melbourne in the 70s to the breakdown of her marriage in the 90s, How to End a Story was praised by judges for ‘taking the diary form to new heights’ Australian author Helen Garner has been…...
Saba Sams: ‘I’ve no interest in reading Wuthering Heights again’
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (609+ words) The Send Nudes author on rereading Lorrie Moore, finding Dodie Smith at the right time, and the enduring brilliance of Muriel Spark My earliest reading memoryI remember reading Jacqueline Wilson aloud to my mum in the car. I think it…...
Only True Romantasy Readers Can Pass This Quiz!
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (7+ words) Think you know your romantic fantasy books?...
£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (420+ words) The Footnote x Counterpoints prize is intended to uncover new literary voices whose work reflects the experiences of migration Footnote Press and Counterpoints Arts have announced a new fiction award celebrating writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds, offering a £15,000 prize…...
Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters My earliest reading memory Apparently I taught myself to read when I was…...