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German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck is the most well-known author on the list of nominees. Read more at straitstimes.com.

From books about disintegrating relationships and countries to a worker’s-eye view of Korea and a story of farmers in Brazil, the selected titles engage with current realities, say the judging panel

The BBC has been criticised today for dumbing down Question Time after British Take Me Out host Paddy McGuinness appeared on the flagship debate show.

This year's Society of Authors Translation Prizes honor literary translation into English from Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, French, Spanish, Arabic, and German.

The Lake by Bianca Bellová, translated by Alex Zucker, wins EBRD Literature Prize 2023

EBRD launches 2024 Literature Prize

This ‘riveting’ exhibition at Somerset House explores the representation of the black female body in art

On this month's podcast, culture critic Maya Jaggi talks about an exhibition currently on at the National Museum of Archaeology Naples (MANN), (...)

RSL president Bernadine Evaristo highlights need to change to become an organisation for all writers rather than just the white and middle class

Exhibits on show at the RA speak loudly of ‘art’s role in collective survival’