Larry David agreed to this authorised biography with a five-word email: “Oh Jesus. If we must.” As Blake J Harris tells it, the comedy writer has always been adept at finding reasons not... Read more »
Cloudstreet, Tim Winton’s sprawling Australian family epic, has been voted Australia’s favourite book in a poll run by ABC Radio National. The broadcaster announced over the weekend the results of a nationwide... Read more »
My earliest reading memory I remember learning to read with dull stories about Jane going up a hill, but my earliest thrilling reading memories are of series like The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet... Read more »
In the decades after the death of the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1675, few knew his name or work. He was so unknown that his paintings were sold with the forged... Read more »
Sally Rooney has said she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the UK because of her support for the banned organisation Palestine Action. The Irish novelist, whose books... Read more »
‘Don’t be weird about this,” representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laughed into the camera as she prepared to jab a hormone-filled needle into her midsection, adding that she knew full well that, yes, people... Read more »
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Penguin, £9.99)This short novel won almost every genre award following its 2016 US publication. As a Black writer, LaValle had a conflicted relationship with... Read more »
A “stunning” debut novel described as “unambiguously and distinctively Queensland” has won the $30,000 top prize at the Queensland literary awards (QLAs). The Pearl of Tagai Town by Lenora Thaker. Photograph: Text... Read more »
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel prize in literature Ella Creamer And we have a winner! It’s the Canadian poet Anne Carson. Share Updated at 07.04 EDT Key events Ella Creamer That’s... Read more »