A novel told from the perspective of a robot girlfriend has been named winner of the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceAnnie... Read more »
Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge writes roadmap for authors’ revenge Jun 26 2025 Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceU.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted summary judgment to... Read more »
A joke about punctuation has been chosen as the funniest in a competition run by the Beano comic. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceYear 5 pupils at Riverley primary... Read more »
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won this year’s International Booker prize for translated fiction, becoming the first short story collection to take the award. The stories were... Read more »
More than a decade after attracting international acclaim for his debut The Boat, Nam Le has won book of the year at the NSW Literary awards for his follow-up, a book-length poem... Read more »
A novel about a Palestinian woman who participates in a pyramid scheme reselling Birkin bags has won this year’s Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming... Read more »
Clear by Carys Davies has won this year’s Ondaatje prize for writing that “best evokes the spirit of a place”. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceThe Welsh novelist’s third... Read more »
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 »
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