Samantha Harvey’s ‘beautiful and ambitious’ Orbital wins Booker prize Nov 12 2024 Orbital by Samantha Harvey, the only British writer shortlisted this year, has won the 2024 Booker prize, the UK’s most... Read more »
Orbital by Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024 Nov 12 2024 Orbital by Samantha Harvey has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2024. The winner was announced by Chair... Read more »
Mark Milley, a retired US army general who was chair of the joint chiefs of staff under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, fears being recalled to uniform and court-martialed should Trump defeat... Read more »
British novelist Ross Raisin has won the 2024 BBC national short story award for Ghost Kitchen, a story narrated by a bicycle courier and inspired by the gig economy. Raisin was announced... Read more »
South African writer Nadia Davids has won this yearâs Caine prize for African writing for her short story Bridling, described as a âtriumph of languageâ by the chair of judges. The prize,... Read more »
Melissa Lucashenkoâs historical novel Edenglassie, about the colonisation of Magandjin/Meanjin/Brisbane, has won the highest accolade at the Queensland literary awards, with the judges praising it as a work that âelevates our understanding... Read more »
Martin MacInnes wins Arthur C Clarke award for âintense tripâ of a novel | Arthur C Clarke award
Scottish writer Martin MacInnes has taken home this yearâs Arthur C Clarke award for what judges described as an âintense tripâ of a novel, moving from the depths of the ocean to... Read more »
Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for âriotousâ novel Glorious Exploits | Books
Ferdia Lennon has won this yearâs Waterstones debut fiction prize for his âriotous, exuberant treat of a novelâ, Glorious Exploits. The novel, which took about seven years to write, is set in... Read more »
A “boundary-pushing take on the police procedural” which features a human detective working with an AI sleuth in order to solve a missing persons case has won the coveted Theakston Old Peculier... Read more »