MONOCLE expands print commitment with Spring Weekly
Interviews with Dilma Rousseff and François Ozon in Edition 2, out today
2018 Forward Prizes for Poetry announce “urgent, engaged and inspirational” shortlists
Nuclear stand-off, new-born lambs, defiant sex and Hollywood blockbusters, addiction, rage and pity - Britain’s most coveted poetry awards, the Forward Prizes for Poetry, have today announced shortlists dominated by “urgent, engaged and inspirational” voices tackling complex subjects with high-stakes brio.
Rebecca Swift Foundation set up in memory of literary consultant and poet
Foundation launches Women Poets' Prize at Second Home Poetry Festival on Saturday 9 June
SNARE by Lilja Sigurdardottir longlisted for The Crime Writers Association International Dagger Award 2018
Congratulations to Lilja Sigurdardottir, who has been longlisted in The Crime Writers Association International Dagger Award for Snare (Orenda Books), translated by Quentin Bates.
Remarkable breakout novel ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE crowned Book of the Year As PHILIP PULLMAN wins Author of the Year at the British Book Awards
The remarkable breakout, number-one bestselling debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman has been crowned Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2018.
PHILIP PULLMAN CROWNED AUTHOR OF THE YEAR As the Gruffalo’s AXEL SHEFFLER scoops Illustrator of the Year at THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
Giant of the children’s book world Philip Pullman has been crowned Author of the Year at the 2018 British Book Awards.
Harrowing, inspiring work on the aftermath of Japan's tsunami wins 2018 Rathbones Folio Prize
A work of literary non-fiction that travels deep into the grief, the trauma and the mysteries of the remote communities that lived through the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is tonight, Tuesday, 8th May, named the winner of the 2018 Rathbones Folio Prize.
The Indigo Press announces first title by Panashe Chigumadzi
The Indigo Press, the publishing arm of the MILD group, has today announced details of its first title to be published in June 2018, written by novelist and journalist Panashe Chigumadzi titled These Bones Will Rise Again.
Balham Literary Festival announces Summer Loving line-up for 2018
Balham Literary Festival returns this June with a dazzling line-up to celebrate summer in the city. Under its theme - summer loving - the festival will welcome a hotpot of the world’s best food and fiction writers to south London for a month of great food and escapist reads featuring talks from Melissa Hemlsey, Tim Winton, Elif Shafak, Holly Bourne, Tessa Hadley, Hanan al-Shaykh, Antti Tuomainen and Michael Ondaatje.
Mirror Books acquire multi-award winning Scandi Noir from the third best-selling author in Denmark
Mirror Books have acquired a five-book series by multi-award winning Scandi noir sensation, Jesper Stein, it was announced today. The third best-selling author in Denmark (over 250,000 copies sold), Stein has already won huge critical and commercial success across Denmark but this is the first time his work is being translated into English.