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. American writer Sigrid Nunez was also selected as part of... 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. Nukgal Wurra author-artist Wanda Gibson collected... Read more »
Book News: Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice and Maralyn wins Nero book of the year prize
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A memoir about growing up in care has won this year’s Gordon Burn prize. Jenni Fagan was revealed as the winner of the £10,000 award for her book Ootlin at a ceremony... 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 Chair... 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. Fleeting Marrow by Yan F Zhang spans... Read more »
Book News: The Philosopher Fish wins oddest book title prize
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