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The Polygamist's creator says women see themselves reflected in her Netflix hit
Zimbabwean novelist Sue Nyathi self-funded her debut novel and now asks who can afford to write at all.
August 14, 2026Booker Prize longlist: See the 13 'dynamite' novels up for this year's prestigious award
Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart and Marlon James are among the 13 authors recognised this year.
July 28, 2026Alan Turing short story sheds new light on WW2 codebreaker
Prof Sarah Dillon says the short story, Pryce's Buoy, offers fresh insights into the codebreaker.
July 24, 2026Food delivery rider wins China's top literary prize
Wang Jibing is among blue-collar Chinese workers gaining wider attention for their literary works.
July 20, 2026Tolkien fan letters sell at auction for £103k
The letters, books and notes document the friendship between the writer and a profoundly deaf fan.
July 10, 2026Woman's Hour
The writer who spent her life documenting being a woman in Iran.
July 9, 2026Authors Blackman and Donaldson made dames in honours list
Noughts & Crosses author Malorie Blackman and Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson are made dames, as the rugby league star is knighted.
June 13, 2026'Most unusual book' wins Walter Scott historical fiction prize
Alice Jolly's The Matchbox Girl wins the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize at the Borders Book Festival.
June 12, 2026How did this novel about food win a Booker Prize this year?
Taiwan Travelogue is the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.
May 28, 2026Shakespeare's 'missing' home mapped with discovery
A Shakespeare expert identifies the location and size of the property the playwright bought in1613.
April 16, 2026Acclaimed Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique dies aged 87
The author is best known for his novel A World for Julius, which chronicles the frivolous lives of the elite.
March 10, 2026Anna Murdoch-Mann, mother of News Corp heir, dies aged 81
The author, journalist and philanthropist died at home in Florida, according to Rupert Murdoch's news outlets.
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The Polygamist's creator says women see themselves reflected in her Netflix hit
Sue Nyathi says people call her an overnight success but "the work has been put in over many years" When Sue Nyathi sent her debut novel The Polygamist to publishers, "they thought there was no marke
Booker Prize longlist: See the 13 'dynamite' novels up for this year's prestigious award
Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is among the authors on the Booker Prize longlist Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Rebecca Perry are among the authors who have been longliste
Novel analysis reveals playful side of Alan Turing
Prof Sarah Dillon studied Alan Turing's short story, Pryce's Buoy A story written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing suggests he was a man with playful humour embracing his homosexuality, accor
Food delivery rider wins China's top literary prize
Wang Jibing, a food delivery rider, posted his poems and essays on social media for years before going viral A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won W
Tolkien fan letters sell at auction for £103k
Tolkien would visit Eileen Elgar at her home in Bournemouth, her family said Books, letters and notes documenting the friendship between writer JRR Tolkien and a profoundly deaf fan have sold at auct
Shahrnush Parsipur remembered, Fibroids, Grief and clothing, Olympian health
Radio 4,·09 Jul 2026,·56 mins Available for over a year Iranian writer, Shahrnush Parsipur, who spent her life documenting what it meant to be a woman living under repression in Iran, died this week
Re Carlo premia «The Queen» Helen Mirren, l'autrice del Gruffalo (e i produttori dei cartoni di Shaun the Sheep)
Helen Mirren, per tutti «The Queen», dal ruolo che ha portato sul grande schermo nel 2007 vincendo un Oscar. E con Mirren anche Sir Donald McCullin, fotografo di guerra che ha raccontato per immagini
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King’s Birthday Honours explained: What the ranks mean
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Rugby star Sinfield and authors Blackman and Donaldson lead honours list
Rugby league star Kevin Sinfield is knighted while children's authors Malorie Blackman and Julia Donaldson are made dames in the King's Birthday Honours. In addition to his sporting career, the forme
'Most unusual book' wins Walter Scott historical fiction prize
A book which judges said "may be the most unusual book you read this year" has won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Alice Jolly's work The Matchbox Girl tells the story of Adelheid Brun
Acclaimed Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique dies aged 87
Peruvian literary giant Alfredo Bryce Echenique has died at the age of 87. He is best known for the 1970 novel A World for Julius, which chronicled the frivolous lives of the elite in Peru's capital
Anna dePeyster, former wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, dies aged 81
Anna dePeyster and Rupert Murdoch divorced in 1999 after more than three decades of marriage. Source: AP / Alan Berliner The former wife of media titan Rupert Murdoch and mother of their children Jam
Anna Murdoch-Mann, author and philanthropist, dead at 81
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