Booker-shortlisted author Jonathan Escoffery and Guardian Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll and are among those shortlisted for this year’s Gordon Burn prize, which aims to champion the year’s “boldest and most innovative” books.... Read more »
Jamaican poet Jason Allen-Paisant has won this year’s TS Eliot prize for Self-Portrait As Othello, his collection exploring Black masculinity and immigrant identity. Allen-Paisant was announced as the winner of the £25,000... Read more »
Zadie Smith, Paul Murray and Naomi Klein are among the authors who have been shortlisted for the Writers’ prize, the award previously known as the Rathbones Folio prize. Smith’s first historical novel... Read more »
“Prophet Song” by Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker prize Nov 26 2023 Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker prize for his fifth novel Prophet Song, set in an imagined... Read more »
Nobel prize in literature 2023 won by Norwegian author Jon Fosse Oct 05 2023 The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 64-year-old Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays... Read more »