Cheltenham teenager read aloud to neighbours’ children in first lockdown and is now branching out Every evening, just before 7pm, Oscar Mal...

Influential editor and co-founder of the literary magazine to be succeeded by senior staff Mary-Kay Wilmers is stepping down from her role ...

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After bestselling accounts of financial scandals, author now promises to tell story of misfits who anticipated the pandemic and went on to m...

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has relaunched its annual fiction award as the Atwood Gibson prize, which Atwood says would have left him ‘very...

The bestselling novelist says she is ‘sincerely appalled’ by some readers’ anger at news that the #MeToo activist will star in a Netflix ada...

Festival cites Covid and costs of staging event heavily dependent on live audiences as reason for move For nearly 40 years, the Edinburgh b...

The Mermaid of Black Conch takes £30,000 award for 2020’s most enjoyable book, acclaimed by judges as a classic in the making Monique Roffe...

Despite shops being closed for much of 2020, figures show Britons bought books in volume – although many authors continued to struggle More...

Judges praise the British-Indian poet’s ‘formidable’ collection, exploring the dynamic between an immigrant and her white, middle-class host...

Thousands join events in Scotland and far afield, and post-a-haggis service is in high demand It’s the night when Scots emerge from mid-win...

Tigray’s rich heritage is ‘highly endangered’, experts warn, as the conflict escalates near key cultural sites It has been hidden from view...

Playwright’s grandson reveals letter that tells of deep loathing felt for Wilde by lawyer in libel trial He was the brilliant lawyer whose ...

The author and illustrator of Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo have released more images showing their classic characters contending with ...