Anna Dempsey has been named the winner of the inaugural Hilary Mantel prize for fiction, taking home £7,500 for her unpublished novel This Is About an Alligator and Nothing Else. The newly... Read more »
Sara Pascoe has won the inaugural Jilly Cooper award at the 2025 Comedy women in print (CWIP) prizes with her novel Weirdo. The award, newly created in honour of the author and... Read more »
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 »
Book News: Inaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers
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The Irish author Paul Murray has won the inaugural £30,000 Nero Gold prize for The Bee Sting, a comic family saga set in rural Ireland. Murray was announced as the winner at... Read more »
Capitalism, artificial intelligence, Renaissance history and motherhood are among the topics explored in the books on the inaugural Women’s prize for nonfiction longlist. Sixteen women – including Guardian US columnist Naomi Klein,... Read more »
Booker prize shortlisted author Paul Murray and comedian Fern Brady have been announced as the winners of their categories in the inaugural Nero book awards. Irish writer Murray topped the fiction category... Read more »