April 2, 2019
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1. Egyptian dissident writer Alaa al-Aswany sued by military prosecutors 2. Tommy Orange wins Pen/Hemmingway Award for There There 3. Amy Adams to adapt The Poisonwood Bible for HBO 4. Waterstones says it can’t pay living wage, as 1,300 authors … Continue reading
March 26, 2019
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1. Wellcome prize shortlist celebrates books about masculinity and mental illness 2. HarperCollins to publish ‘an unconventional biography’ of Karl Lagerfeld 3. Philip Pullman wins JM Barrie lifetime achievement award 4. The house that inspired Wuthering Heights on sale … Continue reading
March 19, 2019
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1. First Uzbek novel translated into English lands €20,000 prize 2. Writer and PEN vice-president Moris Farhi dies 3. Dad Turns Dying Son Into Superhero In Series Of Books 4. ‘Stratospheric’ political book sales almost double in two years 5. … Continue reading
March 12, 2019
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1. Akwaeke Emezi, non-binary trans author, nominated for Women’s prize for fiction 2. Nobel Prize in Literature to return with two winners in 2019 after it was canceled last year 3. Tenth Walter Scott Prize Longlist announced 4. Netflix to … Continue reading
March 5, 2019
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1. Muchamore transplants Robin Hood to the 2020s 2. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes comic-book heroine 3. Sweden’s Dorotea Bromberg Is London Book Fair’s Lifetime Achievement Laureate 2019 4. Booker prize: Silicon Valley billionaire takes over as new sponsor 5. Mueller … Continue reading
February 26, 2019
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1. V V James’ thriller scoops TV deal with Game of Thrones studio 2. Australian author sees similar plot to his in trailer for new Danny Boyle film 3. DC cancels comic where Jesus learns from superhero after outcry 4. … Continue reading
February 19, 2019
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1. Swansea University announces ‘decolonised’ English course 2. Meghan Markle cookbook scoops André Simon Award 3. Sandra Cisneros to receive PEN/Nabokov Award for international literature 4. Novelist Rosamunde Pilcher dies, aged 94 5. Paddington TV series with Whishaw in production … Continue reading
February 12, 2019
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1. British Library’s collection of obscene writing goes online 2. School bus driver goes viral for stocking her bus with books 3. Wellcome book prize: gender and identity dominate 2019 longlist 4. Bestselling author of The Woman in the Window … Continue reading
February 5, 2019
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1. Man Booker loses £1.6m hedge fund sponsor amid talk of tension 2. The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es wins Costa book of the year 3. Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk to display Istanbul scenery from own balcony … Continue reading
January 29, 2019
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1. Diana Athill, writer and editor, dies aged 101 2. Iconic Hindi writer Krishna Sobti dies at 93 3. Digital Book World Announces the Winners of the 2018 DBW Awards 4. The PEN America Literary Awards finalists 5. Wattpad is … Continue reading