Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob wins Waterstones children’s book prize | Books

Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob wins Waterstones children’s book prize | Books

This year’s Waterstones children’s book prize winner features a green blob tucking its child – a smaller green blob – into bed. Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob by Huw Aaron is narrated by... Read more »
Arundhati Roy and Lyse Doucet lead ‘exceptional’ Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist | Books

Arundhati Roy and Lyse Doucet lead ‘exceptional’ Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist | Books

Arundhati Roy, Lyse Doucet and Judith Mackrell are among the writers shortlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for nonfiction. Jane Rogoyska, Ece Temelkuran and Daisy Fancourt are also in contention for the... Read more »
Maggie O’Farrell and fellow judges award inaugural Hilary Mantel prize for fiction | Hilary Mantel

Maggie O’Farrell and fellow judges award inaugural Hilary Mantel prize for fiction | Hilary Mantel

Anna Dempsey has been named the winner of the inaugural Hilary Mantel prize for fiction, taking home £7,500 for her unpublished novel This Is About an Alligator and Nothing Else.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 »
Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob wins Waterstones children’s book prize | Books

Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize | Books

Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt are among the writers shortlisted for this year’s Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize. Harriet Armstrong, Colwill Brown, Sasha Debevec-McKenney and Suzannah V Evans also made the shortlist... Read more »
Climate fiction prize announces finalists including Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott | Books

Climate fiction prize announces finalists including Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott | Books

Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott are among the writers shortlisted for this year’s £10,000 Climate fiction prize. Now in its second year, the prize celebrates novels that engage with the climate crisis... Read more »
Claire Lynch wins Nero Gold prize for debut about 1980s homophobia | Books

Claire Lynch wins Nero Gold prize for debut about 1980s homophobia | Books

A debut novel exploring the long-term effects of prejudice and secrecy on a lesbian couple in the 1980s has won the Nero Gold prize. Claire Lynch was presented with the £30,000 award... Read more »
Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women’s prize for fiction | Women’s prize for fiction

Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women’s prize for fiction | Women’s prize for fiction

Katie Kitamura, Susan Choi, Kit de Waal and Lily King are among the authors longlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for fiction. Awarded annually and now in its 31st year, the prize... Read more »
Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist | International Booker prize

Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist | International Booker prize

Olga Ravn, Daniel Kehlmann, Ia Genberg, Mathias Énard and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara are among those longlisted for the International Booker prize, which recognises the best translated fiction and turns 10 this year.... Read more »
Claire Lynch wins Nero Gold prize for debut about 1980s homophobia | Books

Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry longlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction | Books

Arundhati Roy, Sarah Perry and Lea Ypi are among the writers longlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for nonfiction. Sixteen authors are in contention to win the £30,000 award, launched in 2024... Read more »
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