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 »
A heartwarming children’s story describing the lives of a First Nations family living on a Lutheran mission in the 50s has won Australia’s richest literary prize. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials... Read more »
Book News: Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice and Maralyn wins Nero book of the year prize Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace BookBrowse News – The Full Story Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice... Read more »
A memoir about growing up in care has won this year’s Gordon Burn prize. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceJenni Fagan was revealed as the winner of the £10,000... Read more »
British writer Mick Herron, best known for his Slough House series beginning with Slow Horses, has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger award for lifetime contribution to crime writing.... Read more »
This year’s TS Eliot prize for poetry has been awarded to Michigan-born Peter Gizzi for Fierce Elegy, a collection that draws on the poet’s experience of losing his brother. Photograph: Penguin Read... Read more »
A short story based on the real-life deportation of Chinese seafarers from the UK after the second world war has won this year’s 4thWrite prize. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at... Read more »
Book News: The Philosopher Fish wins oddest book title prize Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace BookBrowse News – The Full Story The Philosopher Fish wins oddest book title... Read more »
Ferdia Lennon has been awarded the 2024 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction, which means a pig will be named after his winning novel, Glorious Exploits. Read moreUS prisons ban reading... Read more »