The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück for her “unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".... Read more
Pham Doan Trang, a Vietnamese author, pro-democracy campaigner and co-founder of Liberal Publishing House, has been arrested for “anti-state propaganda”.
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The inaugural Streatham Arts Festival is to be headlined by a panel event, featuring contributors to 2020 anthology Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls... Read more
PEN Pinter Prize 2020 winner Linton Kwesi Johnson has announced he is sharing the prize with Eritrean poet, songwriter and journalist Amanuel Asrat, who is named 2020's International Writer of... Read more
Organisers of the Beijing International Book Fair say future editions of the event will be a hybrid of digital and physical elements after the 2020... Read more
A growing number of publishers and prominent authors have added their voices of support for Booker Prize-shortlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga, who was arrested in Harare in July. ... Read more
The Society of Authors has condemned the arrest of three author members of Belarus PEN, reported to have been detained amid protests in Minsk demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.... Read more
The c.e.o. of Faber has released a statement supporting Booker Prize shortlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga, ahead of her trial in Harare today (Friday 18th September).... Read more
Former HarperCollins Australia c.e.o. James Kellow and Hardie Grant chief executive Hardie Grant have launched Sydney-based Ultimo Press, described as "an independent press backed by Hardie Grant"... Read more
Simon & Schuster Children's UK and US have won a hotly contested multi-publisher auction for debut author A F Steadman's fantasy adventure series, Skandar and the... Read more