Zadie Smith among authors letting public bid to name new characters for charity auction | Human rights

Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan are among a number of literary stars auctioning off the chance for readers to name characters in their next novels to raise money for survivors... Read more »

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 22nd

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Hemingway’s Vendetta | The New Yorker

Not so, according to Hemingway. Conrad is “very skillful,” he tells Breit in the June 11th letter, but “he would never convince the boys.” The “Matador” author photo shows Conrad by a... Read more »

Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing | Books

Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding has launched a comedy writing prize in the name of her most famous creation, aimed at unearthing funny new voices from the north of England. The Bridget... Read more »

Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI | Awards and prizes

The publisher of top-selling Haitian Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien, who was removed from France’s most prestigious literary prize list last month, has confirmed the author used artificial intelligence to help write his... Read more »

New prize launches for books co-written with AI | Books

A prize for AI-written books has launched this week. The Prix Pascal de Littérature IA invites submissions of manuscripts co-written with AI tools, with the winner promised publication. Entrants are asked to... Read more »

‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban | Books

Booksellers have reported selling out of copies of Sally Rooney’s novels, following the news that her books would be withdrawn from sale in the UK, given her support for the banned group... Read more »

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, October 21st

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The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch by Thure Erik Lund review – is this the greatest living Norwegian writer? | Fiction in translation

T-O-M. The initials of Tomas Olsen Myrbråten, the narrator in Thure Erik Lund’s The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch, spell out the Norwegian word for “empty”. Approaching 38, he’s already... Read more »
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