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Arundhati Roy: Will Booker Prize-winner face jail for 14-year-old remark?
BBC News· 5 hours agoWill one of India's most celebrated writers really face prosecution for things she said more than a...
Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under anti-terror laws in India
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA top Indian official has allowed the prosecution of celebrated Indian author Arundhati Roy, who...
33 Novels Coming This Summer
New York Times· 3 days agoWatch for new books by J. Courtney Sullivan, Kevin Barry and Casey McQuiston; re-immerse yourself in beloved worlds conjured by Walter Mosley, Elin...
Naomi Klein wins first Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days ago'Spellbinding storytelling' It took Ganeshananthan two decades to write her novel. She beat the likes of Irish author and Booker Prize winner Anne...
Your Summer Reading Guide
New York Times· 3 days agoIn December, I dropped out of a reading challenge I’d participated in for two years. The challenge was exactly what I needed in 2021: I had read two...
Why The Decemberists Always Felt Like ‘Outliers As a Major Label Band’
Billboard via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAhead of the band's forthcoming double album and first independent release, frontman Colin Meloy...
Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why...
The Conversation· 7 days agoAs an expert in German and translation, I was pleased to see Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos win the International Booker Prize 2024, one of the most prominent ...
Silent Book Clubs Are Here and Introvert-Friendly
PopSugar· 12 hours agoSeveral years ago, the words "book club" may have conjured a mental image of wine-soaked, charcuterie fueled in-person meetups at a friend's home. Now, book clubs take many forms, with options ...
Sir Martin Amis’s widow to receive insignia for late husband’s knighthood
Press Association News via AOL· 6 days agoSir Martin’s best-known works included the novels Money and London Fields, and he was longlisted...
Queenie is a rejection of the ‘strong Black woman’ stereotype – and a celebration of ‘messy’ quarter...
The Conversation· 7 days agoReviews of Channel 4’s new sitcom, Queenie, are divided. Having watched the show, I wonder if the real problem is that reviewers have expected the show to deliver on every count – and they want ...