‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges .2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught | New South Wales politics

‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught | New South Wales politics

It is a sector that delivers $1.3bn annually to the New South Wales economy and supports up to 22,000 jobs, yet the average writer earns just $18,200 a year from their creative... Read more »
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals | Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals | Samuel Taylor Coleridge

He would go on to write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, two of the greatest English poems. But in a letter written when he was 22, Samuel Taylor... Read more »
Leila Aboulela wins PEN Pinter prize for writing on migration and faith | Books

Leila Aboulela wins PEN Pinter prize for writing on migration and faith | Books

Leila Aboulela has won this year’s PEN Pinter prize for her writing on migration, faith and the lives of women. The prize is awarded to a writer who, in the words of... Read more »
Orwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine war | Books

Orwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine war | Books

A novelist killed in the Ukraine war has won the Orwell prize for political writing. Victoria Amelina, who died in July 2023 from injuries sustained in a Russian bombing of a restaurant... Read more »
‘When I read my sister’s stories I think, that’s not what it was like!’: Esther Freud on the perils of writing about family | Books

‘When I read my sister’s stories I think, that’s not what it was like!’: Esther Freud on the perils of writing about family | Books

I’m four and I’m pretending to be dead. I’ve been lying here behind the sofa, and I’m hoping I’ll be missed, but more than that I’m hoping it will make a story.... Read more »
Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner | Books

Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner | Books

Two books about male friendship and masculinity have been announced as winners in the latest Carnegie awards, which highlight the best new books for children and young people. This year saw 27-year-old... Read more »
Jacqueline Wilson ‘very wary’ of writing adult Tracy Beaker novel | Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson ‘very wary’ of writing adult Tracy Beaker novel | Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson has said she would feel “very wary” about writing an adult novel about Tracy Beaker “because it would seem inappropriate that we would learn about her sex life”. Last year... Read more »
Leila Aboulela wins PEN Pinter prize for writing on migration and faith | Books

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“Foolishness on the Page”: Talking with Zahid Rafiq

“Foolishness on the Page”: Talking with Zahid Rafiq

Author Zahid Rafiq spent years as a journalist covering Kashmir, one of the world’s most militarized zones. He made the switch to fiction, completing his MFA at Cornell. In his first book,... Read more »
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