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BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award - National Short Story Awards Shortlist announced!
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (223+ words) Marking the award’s 21st anniversary, Di Speirs, who has judged the BBC National Short Story Award since its launch, is joined on the judging panel by 2022 NSSA winner Saba Sams and two former NSSA... National Short Story Awards Shortlist announced! The…...
Thornton open days tell 'forgotten chapter' in Brontë story
2+ week, 39+ min ago (566+ words) The house in Thornton was the birthplace of the Brontë sisters The birthplace of world-famous literary sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë is to open to the public, alongside a walking tour and exhibition. The Brontë Birthplace in Thornton, Bradford,…...
Booker Prize longlist 2026: Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart among 13 authors recognised
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1202+ words) Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is among the authors on the Booker Prize longlist Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Rebecca Perry are among the authors who have been longlisted for this year's Booker Prize. The 13 chosen books include…...
'Virginia Woolf's idea became my reality"
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (898+ words) Sarah Hosking has spent more than 30 years making Woolf's A Room of One's Own a reality for other women Sitting in her idyllic garden in Clifford Chambers, just two miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, 85-year-old Sarah Hosking reflects on a journey that…...
The book club 'taking the shame out of smut"
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (947+ words) The Smut Society held a first birthday party to celebrate the success of the book club When Analise Taylor launched a book club called The Smut Society, the name made clear exactly what joiners could expect. Analise, who works in…...
Jersey hopes music's appeal will inspire more young readers
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (492+ words) Julie O'Grady says this year's theme 'read to the beat' would celebrate "the joy of music" A reading challenge designed to inspire more young people to enjoy books is returning to the island, this time using the appeal of music…...
'I turned my identity crisis into my unique style"
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (926+ words) Murugiah is a south-London based illustrator, artist and qualified architect When Murugiah grew up in a Sri Lankan household in a small Welsh town, he often felt like he didn't know who he was. "I was trying to assimilate into…...
The Doncaster financial adviser who became erotic fiction writer
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1015+ words) Author Karen Hathaway, also known by the pen name Wren Charles "I don't get embarrassed when my friends and family read my books, but the amount of people who think I've done the things in them is unbelievable." Karen Hathaway,…...
Norwich professor honoured with Caribbean literature prize
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (714+ words) Tessa McWatt wrote about the grief of losing her mother to dementia as part of her memoir, The Snag: A Mother, A Forest and Wild Grief An author from Guyana said she was "honoured" to win the highest prize in…...
Psychotherapist Philippa Perry releases Shrink Solves Murder novel
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (616+ words) TV broadcaster and psychotherapist Philippa Perry has published her first murder mystery novel Psychotherapist and TV agony aunt Philippa Perry says she is delighted to "finally join the murder mystery club" after publishing her debut crime novel. Perry, 68, chose to…...