Every November, leading figures of French literature gather in the upstairs room of an old-fashioned Paris restaurant and decide on the best novel of the year. The ceremony is staid, traditional, down... Read more »
Some books feel so suited to the audio format that they could have been written with the voice in mind. All My Precious Madness is one of those. Mark Bowles’s debut novel,... Read more »
Northern Irish poet Michael Longley, whom Seamus Heaney described as “a custodian of griefs and wonders”, has died aged 85, his publisher has confirmed. The writer, who won the TS Eliot prize... Read more »
Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning psychologist and author, dies at 90 Mar 27 2024 Psychologist and bestselling author Daniel Kahneman, whose research on how decision-making and biases can impact economics earned him a... Read more »
Louise Glück, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 80 Oct 13 2023 Louise Glück, the Nobel prize-winning author and a former poet laureate of the United States, has died at the age of... Read more »