New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel | Books

New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel | Books

A new competition is offering £75,000 to an aspiring writer based on just three pages of their novel. Actor Emma Roberts, Bridgerton author Julia Quinn and Booker-winning Life of Pi author Yann... Read more »
Writer David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’ | David Szalay

Writer David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’ | David Szalay

David Szalay, 51, grew up in London and now lives in Vienna with his wife, having previously moved in 2009 to Hungary, his father’s birthplace. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the... Read more »
Writer quits Society of Authors over union’s ‘betrayal’ of Jerusalem bookshop raided by Israeli police | Books

Writer quits Society of Authors over union’s ‘betrayal’ of Jerusalem bookshop raided by Israeli police | Books

A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent Israeli police raid on a Palestinian-owned bookstore without mentioning... Read more »
British crime writer Mick Herron wins Crime Writers’ Association lifetime achievement award | Books

British crime writer Mick Herron wins Crime Writers’ Association lifetime achievement award | Books

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 »
Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024

Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024

Book News: Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024 BookBrowse News – The Full Story Imprisoned British-Egyptian... Read more »
Writer David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’ | David Szalay

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review – is there a better writer at work right now? | Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney’s breakout book, Normal People – more than 1m copies sold in the UK alone – proved her to be a peerless creator of flesh and blood characters with a keen... Read more »
Hugo awards organizers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win

Hugo awards organizers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win

Book News: Hugo awards organizers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win BookBrowse has a new look! Learn... Read more »
Writer quits Society of Authors over union’s ‘betrayal’ of Jerusalem bookshop raided by Israeli police | Books

Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win | Hugo awards

The prestigious Hugo awards for science fiction and fantasy writing has revealed that almost 400 votes – about 10% of all votes cast in this year’s awards – were fraudulently paid for... Read more »
National Trust appoints first writer in residence at Brimham Rocks | The National Trust

National Trust appoints first writer in residence at Brimham Rocks | The National Trust

Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire has its first writer in residence, who has been recruited by the National Trust to create works inspired by the “mysterious and awe-inspiring rock formations”. Natalie Anastasia... Read more »
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