Michael Morpurgo to recite Vivaldi-inspired poetry at inaugural Cornwall festival | Michael Morpurgo
The author Sir Michael Morpurgo has spoken of the importance of taking the arts to places off the beaten track as he prepares for a recital of new poetry inspired by Vivaldi... Read more »
Russia destroys publishing house in Kyiv following book festival Jun 24 2025 A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on June 17 destroyed a Ukrainian publishing house and damaged several other... Read more »
The Edinburgh book festival is to champion the positive power of hope later this summer with events involving Hanif Kureishi, the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish and an exiled Brazilian tribal leader. The... Read more »
There is “no way” that Gisèle Pelicot would have been raped more than 200 times without the existence of pornography websites, her daughter has said. Speaking at the Hay festival in Powys... Read more »
There is “no way” that Gisèle Pelicot would have been raped more than 200 times without the existence of pornography websites, her daughter has said. Speaking at the Hay festival in Powys... Read more »
Authors speak out against failed US book festival: ‘shattered badges and silence’ May 09 2025 In the days leading up to the A Million Lives book festival, things already seemed amiss. Grace... Read more »
A new festival of translated literature is being launched in Bristol next week amid a sales boom in translated fiction in the UK. Translated By, Bristol is the brainchild of Polly Barton,... Read more »
Book News: PEN America’s World Voices Festival, Literary Awards to return
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Born more than 5,500 miles apart, the Booker prize winner Bernardine Evaristo, 65, and Brazilâs most celebrated living Black author, Conceição Evaristo, 77, share the same surname, though they are â as... Read more »