Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won this year’s International Booker prize for translated fiction, becoming the first short story collection to take the award. The stories were... Read more »
A novel about a Palestinian woman who participates in a pyramid scheme reselling Birkin bags has won this year’s Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming... Read more »
Clear by Carys Davies has won this year’s Ondaatje prize for writing that “best evokes the spirit of a place”. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceThe Welsh novelist’s third... Read more »
A short story competition run by the Guardian and the publisher 4th Estate is now open to entries from unpublished writers of colour living in the UK and Ireland. Read moreUS prisons... Read more »
A new competition is offering £75,000 to an aspiring writer based on just three pages of their novel. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceActor Emma Roberts, Bridgerton author Julia... Read more »
Hiromi Kawakami and Solvej Balle have made this year’s International Booker prize shortlist, which for the first time is comprised entirely of books published by independent presses. Read moreUS prisons ban reading... Read more »
This year, we have decided to launch the annual Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize with an event as well as an announcement: an evening that will hopefully be highly enjoyable for anyone... Read more »
The Irish novelist Anne Enright is one of eight writers set to receive $175,000 (£135,000) each in recognition of their life’s work. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceAmerican writer... Read more »
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