What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June | Books

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June | Books

Rachel Clarke, author and physician I’ve just mainlined Rebecca Solnit’s latest collection of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There, in two sittings. It’s such a stirring, sinewy antidote to despair that... Read more »
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’ | Israel-Gaza war

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’ | Israel-Gaza war

Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating that the Israeli government’s war... Read more »
Pathemata by Maggie Nelson review – a writer’s attempt to describe chronic pain | Autobiography and memoir

Pathemata by Maggie Nelson review – a writer’s attempt to describe chronic pain | Autobiography and memoir

In her landmark 1985 work, The Body in Pain, American essayist Elaine Scarry makes a case for the “unsharability” of pain and its resistance to language. “Physical pain,” she writes, “does not simply... Read more »
US writers at growing risk of crackdown on free speech, says PEN America | PEN

US writers at growing risk of crackdown on free speech, says PEN America | PEN

Writers in the US are at growing risk amid a worldwide crackdown on free speech that has begun to spread to countries previously renowned for unfettered expression and openness, according to a... Read more »
‘Their pursuits are the cigar and the siesta’: how two centuries of British writers helped forge our view of Spain | Travel writing

‘Their pursuits are the cigar and the siesta’: how two centuries of British writers helped forge our view of Spain | Travel writing

Almost 200 years ago, the pioneering British travel writer Richard Ford offered an observation that has been happily ignored by the legions of authors who have traipsed in his dusty footsteps across... Read more »
US writers at growing risk of crackdown on free speech, says PEN America | PEN

All 13 writers on International Booker longlist are first-time nominees

Book News: All 13 writers on International Booker longlist are first-time nominees Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming pace BookBrowse News – The Full Story All 13 writers on International... Read more »
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June | 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 »
Royal Literary Fund’s hardship grants for writers see applications increase by 400% | Books

Royal Literary Fund’s hardship grants for writers see applications increase by 400% | Books

Applications for the Royal Literary Fund’s (RLF’s) hardship grants for professional writers increased by 400% between last year and this year, the charity has said. Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at... Read more »
‘Their pursuits are the cigar and the siesta’: how two centuries of British writers helped forge our view of Spain | Travel writing

Writers condemn startup’s plans to publish 8,000 books next year using AI

Writers condemn startup’s plans to publish 8,000 books next year using AI Nov 26 2024 Read moreUS prisons ban reading materials at alarming paceWriters and publishers are criticising a startup that plans... Read more »
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