September 17, 2019
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1. Ian McEwan announces surprise Brexit satire, The Cockroach 2. Turkish author Ahmet Altan jailed for life nominated for £50000 book award 3. Picture book about trans child wins major prize 4. The British Academy Announces the 2019 Al-Rodhan Prize … Continue reading
May 29, 2018
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1. Philip Roth, the Incomparable American Novelist, Has Died at Eighty-Five 2. Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘extraordinary’ Flights wins Man Booker International prize 3. The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Jury Has No Winner 4. British ‘linguaphobia’ has deepened since Brexit vote, say experts … Continue reading
May 1, 2018
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1. Ibrahim Nasrallah Wins 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2. Last chance for UK authors to win European Book Prize before Brexit 3. Kobo is releasing an ebook series on the royal wedding 4. Google Launches Talk … Continue reading
December 12, 2017
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1. US author William H Gass dies aged 93 2. Parliament votes for How to Stop Brexit as book of the year 3. UNESCO and IEA Release New 5-Year International Literacy Report: Boys Lagging Girls 4. Bharti Airtel acquires strategic stake in digital … Continue reading
November 8, 2016
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Leïla Slimani Wins Prix Goncourt, France’s Top Literary Award Brexit is Collins’ word of the year 2016 UAE brings in National Law of Reading When writers suffer from PTSD Hong Kong publishing industry shrinking