More than 160 books by noted Australian authors have been rescued from oblivion, including six winners of the Miles Franklin literary award. The three-year project, which culminated at the end of last... Read more »
On a Monday evening in mid-November, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Toronto’s Park Hyatt Hotel, where the Giller prize gala was taking place. The following night, in London, the Baillie Gifford nonfiction... Read more »
Applications for the Royal Literary Fund’s (RLF’s) hardship grants for professional writers increased by 400% between last year and this year, the charity has said. There was a nearly fivefold increase in... Read more »
Book News: Literary prize drops name of its sponsor from title after protests over Israel arms link
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Ruth Johnson Colvin, founder of Literary Volunteers of America, is dead at 107 Aug 21 2024 Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded what became one of the world’s largest organizations of volunteers tutoring... Read more »
In February 1975 the New Zealand writer Janet Frame was the subject of a rare interview for television conducted by the journalist Michael Noonan. This relaxed, intimate retrospective of her life and work... Read more »
Book News: Inaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers
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Northern writers still face a struggle to make it in the London-centric literary world, the organisers of a regional literary prize have said. Claire Malcolm, founder and chief executive of New Writing... Read more »
Baillie Gifford has cancelled all of its remaining sponsorship deals with literary festivals after protests over its links to Israel and fossil fuel companies. The investment management firm refused to confirm that... Read more »