The 4thWrite prize, an annual short story competition for Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers run by publisher 4th Estate and the Guardian, has opened for submissions. The winner will receive £1,000,... Read more »
A few syntactical tics – and the verdict of an AI detection platform – have sparked a furore over the possibility that a short story given a prestigious literary award was written... Read more »
The stories in Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell’s fourth collection are often devoted to family life, or a professional life in the arts: or both. They’re almost always about memory and how... Read more »
The title of Colm Tóibín’s new story collection seems to promise, at first glance, a return to familiar territory: a tour, perhaps, of old stomping grounds; a reconnection with earlier work. But... Read more »
One of the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s one-year-old twin sons has died after a brief illness. “We’re deeply saddened to confirm the passing of one of Ms Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and... Read more »
Presenter James Churchill, Ph.D.Ashlee Van’t Veer, Ph.D.NIMH Training Team Goal This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training... Read more »
Stupidity, no question, can be just as rich and subtle as its opposite. Three and a half decades on, I still sometimes meditate on what a school friend of mine said in a... Read more »
Margaret Atwood has released a new short story critiquing elected officials for a wide-ranging book ban in the Canadian province of Alberta. The controversial decision to remove books purportedly containing “explicit sexual... Read more »
In the world of literary enthusiasm, celebrity book clubs have become powerhouses of influence. Reese Witherspoon’s picks routinely top bestseller lists, Oprah Winfrey’s selections can catapult unknown authors to stardom, and Jenna... Read more »