
Goldsmiths Prize 2024 Shortlist Names Six Experimental Authors
Six authors, including Missouri Williams, China Miéville and Polly Barton, are in contention for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize.
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Six authors, including Missouri Williams, China Miéville and Polly Barton, are in contention for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize.

Author Tomi Adeyemi has revealed the severe emotional and physical toll of the film adaptation of her novel Children of Blood and Bone.

The 10th edition of the Mois de l'Imaginaire, a month-long promotion of science fiction, fantasy, and fantastic literature, launched in Paris.

Isabel Allende reveals her debut novel, 'The House of the Spirits,' originated as a letter to her dying grandfather.

Tice Cin's second novel, Safe Spaces, follows an unnamed Turkish-Cypriot songwriter in London grappling with loss, precarity, and creative expression.

Adrian Duncan's fifth novel, A Thought Without Collision, set across 1923 Ireland and 1951 Scotland, follows a gifted child and a dying philosopher.

Writer James Folta praises Ed Park's debut novel 'Personal Days' as one of the best comic novels ever.

A collective of 80 authors and intellectuals publishes 'La Grande Évasion' with Buchet-Chastel, reacting to Olivier Nora's removal from leading Grasset.

The Authors Guild and co-plaintiff authors have filed for summary judgment in their copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft.

Author R.F. Kuang discusses her new novel 'Taipei Story' with LitHub, exploring themes of language acquisition, diaspora identity.

Poet Anne Carson reviews a Rosalía concert in Chicago, analyzing the singer's voice, stage presence, and the complex religious and lyrical themes.

Adelle Stripe's debut novel 'Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile' tells the story of working-class playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Author Anne Enright recounts her family's harrowing experience escaping a wildfire in Croatia.

French publisher Éditions de l'Olivier has released 'Rendez-vous sur l'autre rive,' the latest novel by American author Jay McInerney.

French media outlets France 5, France Inter, Public Sénat, and Europe 1 have scheduled interviews and discussions with authors including Yannick Haenel.

Volker Schlöndorff's film adaptation of Jenny Erpenbeck's novel 'Heimsuchung' begins its premiere tour. The film, starring Lars Eidinger and Martina Gedeck, traces the intertwined fates of a lakeside property's owners across 20th-century German history.

A group of U.S. textbook authors filed a class action lawsuit on August 14, alleging OpenAI and Microsoft illegally used copyrighted textbooks to train AI models.

Louisa Young, niece of Elizabeth Jane Howard, is writing three new novels to continue the Cazalet Chronicles.

Author Paraic O'Donnell outlines eight rules for writing historical fiction, using Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' as a prime example of technical excellence.