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Today, 28 July, the longlist for The Booker Prize 2020 has been announced. This year's longlist is comprised of thirteen "excitingly diverse" novels.Read More
The winners of the Orwell Prize have just been announced. This is an extremely reputable award which celebrates political writing as an art form. As Orwell once wrote, “I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is […]Read More
The 2020 Desmond Elliot Prize winner is revealed, and Stormzy's publishing imprint explained. Read More
The British Book Awards, also known as the Nibbies, were hosted by the wonderful team at The Bookseller, this week. Entirely online from our new closest friend, Zoom, the Awards marked 30 years. This year, however, was extra special as Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams became the first Black author to win Book of the Year. […]Read More
There is exciting news in the book community, as Kazuo Ishiguro announces his new novel, Klara and the Sun.Read More
It has been just under ten years since American author, Suzanne Collins, finished her world-renowned book series: The Hunger Games. Now, she is back for more and teases fans with this poster, revealed this week by Scholastic Book Clubs. The unnamed prequel is set to be written sixty-four years before the start of her best-selling trilogy, […]Read More
On Monday, we fans of the A Game of Thrones book series were treated to a rarity: George R. R. Martin wrote a blog post (http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/20/an-ending/) on the final, upcoming books, whilst waving goodbye to the popular television series. He wrote: “Winter is coming, I told you, long ago… and so it is. THE WINDS […]Read More
The winner of this year’s Nobel Literature Prize is the Japanese-born British author, Kazuo Ishiguro. Already a highly acclaimed author, Ishiguro was described by the Swedish Body as an author “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. However, to many it seems […]Read More
‘Geoffrey Hill was, in poetry, a saint and a warrior who never gave an inch in his crusade to reach poetic truth’, so said Carol Ann Duffy. And it is in this fittingly poetic vein that people have been mourning the news that Sir Geoffrey Hill – who was often described as the greatest living poet […]Read More
Syria has been in the news since the uprising in 2011. At first it was the horrors of a brutal civil war that shocked the world. Five years on, however, the crisis has reached a whole new level. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled their war-torn countries in search of peace and a safe […]Read More
Celebrate the midnight opening for Go Set A Watchman at Waterstones stores across the country. The unexpected second novel by Harper Lee, world famous for her era-defining modern classic To Kill A Mockingbird, is released tomorrow (14th July). Sixty years following the release of her debut, a celebration is expected, and a celebration is what […]Read More
Ahead of the Young Adult Literature Convention next month at London’s Olympia, Book Trust and Showmasters Events have unveiled the full schedule for the weekend. Events kick off on Friday with a Horror writing panel, featuring the likes of Darren Shan and Matt Whyman, and a Creative Writing workshop with Lucy Inglis. Friday night will […]Read More
The 2nd Young Adult Literature Convention will be held from July 17-19 at London’s Olympia. Part of Waterstones Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman Laureate initiatives, this event is the largest dedicated to Teen and Young Adult fiction to be held in the UK. The three day event will feature Q&A sessions with authors, workshops, book signings […]Read More
Following the release of her 1960 debut novel, Harper Lee was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The immediate success of To Kill a Mockingbird ensured that Harper Lee is now one of the most influential writers of the late 20th century, known for her bravery in writing a story that presents so prominently the racial tensions […]Read More
