French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, who won the Prix Goncourt last week, was not invited to this year’s 27th edition of Algiers International Book Fair. And he’s not the only one….
Kamel Daoud becomes the first author of Algerian descent to win the Goncourt Prize with his novel ‘Houris’, which is banned in Algeria for tackling the ‘black decade’ – the….
The Polari Prize has named its shortlisted writers for the LGBTQ+ writing awards. Munroe Bergdorf is nominated alongside Jon Ransom, one of 2023’s winners. ADVERTISEMENT The Polari Prize was first….
When we first meet Nino Sarratore in the HBO adaptation of “My Brilliant Friend,” based on the Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, he’s a young child at a wake for….
Less than two weeks before his 100th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter is receiving an award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation.
A “jewel” in national life – that is how MSP Angus Robertson described arts festivals last week, as he promised them additional funding. It was a faintly ironic moment, coming….
WME is bolstering its Literary Media Department with two new hires and is broadening its footprint in the major talent agency’s offices in New York and London. Charlotte Simms, who….
About 18 months ago a total stranger asked that I come to a Ridgewood apartment and watch a movie. This suggests the start of a profoundly unappetizing Penthouse letter; instead….
Nine festivals that were previously sponsored by investment company Baillie Gifford are now seeking donations. “Amidst intense discussion around arts funding and challenges to our continued flourishing”, reads a joint….
