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TikToker Jerrad Swearenjin approached Shawn Warner during a book signing because he looked ‘super defeated’A debut author struggling with sales became Amazon’s No 1 bestseller this week after a video of the writer at a quiet book signing went viral on …
Like any author, translators want to receive credit for their work instead of being treated as an afterthoughtThey have often been overlooked in the artistic and literary process, but translators have long claimed they have the power to change everythi…
Moving retelling of Sancho’s life by actor Paterson Joseph awarded prestigious Christopher Bland prizeIf anyone’s life is worthy of a book, it’s that of Charles Ignatius Sancho. The acclaimed writer and composer was born on a slave ship crossing the At…
The winner will receive £1,000, and have their story featured on the Guardian websiteA short story competition run by the Guardian and publisher 4th Estate is open for entries from unpublished writers of colour living in the UK.The winner of the 4thWri…
The Ghanaian playwright and novelist, who also served as her country’s education minister, focused on the modern African womanThe Ghanaian writer and academic Ama Ata Aidoo, whose work focused on the modern African woman, has died aged 81.Ata Aidoo, wh…
Strand Magazine will publish Blackmail, a tale of a blind Korean war veteran, found by New York editor Andrew GulliA New York editor and literary detective is celebrating the discovery and release of an unpublished short story by James M Cain, one of t…
PM tells ITV show he reads veteran author’s racy books for ‘escapism’UK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has come clean about his rumoured enjoyment of Jilly Cooper novels, using a grilling on the This Morning sofa to even specify which sub-ge…
The celebrated author of Money and London Fields, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene, died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in FloridaMartin Amis, the influential author of era-defining novels including Money and London Field…
The novel, written with Kathy Lette in the 1970s when both were teenagers, was a landmark in Australian fictionFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGabrielle …
The journal’s once-in-a-decade selection of the best fiction writers under 40 has broadened its selection of 20 to include authors who ‘regard the UK as their home’Granta magazine’s Best of British Novelists list, which hails the literary stars of the …