Literature

Be Manzini & Friends | A Night of Poetry, Power and Newham Voices

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of poetry, spoken word, lyricism and storytelling from a…

Alfred Fagon Award: Free Writing Workshops for Black British Playwrights

This November the Alfred Fagon Award is offering free writing workshops for 30 Black British…

 Zimbabwean Writer Noviolet Bulawayo Wins The 2025 Best Of Caine Award

The Caine Prize for African Writing is delighted to announce that Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo…

St Andrew’s Book Festival Announces New Sponsor + More London Events: Damian Barr, Michael Pedersen, Nicola Sturgeon, Sally Magnusson, Irvine Welsh & Mor

The St Andrew’s Book Festival, created by Scots in London, which returns to London on…

Winners of the Jericho Prize 2025 writing competition announced!

Sebrina O’Connor takes picture book award while Ronke Owoeye wins new baby and toddler category

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, wins the International Booker Prize 2025

Heart Lamp is the first collection of short stories to win the prize – written over…

Be Manzini Launches New Newham Poetry Prize

The Newham Poetry Prize is an exciting newly established competition for those who live, study…

Award-winning writer Alex Wheatle Dies of Prostate Cancer age 62

  Alex Wheatle, known as the ‘Brixton Bard’, passed away at 62 from prostate cancer.…

Black Earth Rising Colonialism and Climate Change in Contemporary Art by Ekow Eshun

With texts by Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Macarena Gómez-Barris   15 May 2025 | 235 illustrations…

Roddy Doyle announced as Chair of judges for the Booker Prize 2025

Irish author Roddy Doyle is the first Booker Prize winner to chair the judging panel…

Poet Nikki Giovanni Dies Age 81

    Nikki Giovanni, a celebrated poet, activist, author, and educator, passed away at the…

Controversial global trend of manifesting drives Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024

Manifest was looked up almost 130,000 times on the Cambridge Dictionary website, making it one of the most-viewed…

#Brat makes the Collin’s Dictionary “Word of The Year!

brat ‘Brat’,newly defined in 2024 as ‘characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude’, has…

Adelayo Adedayo, Nonso Anozie, Will Poulter and Tanya Reynolds join performers in new films showcasing Booker Prize 2024 shortlist 

For the fifth time in three years, the Booker Prizes have partnered with Sharon Horgan and Clelia…

South African Writer Nadia Davids Wins The 2024 Caine Prize For African Writing

The Caine Prize for African Writing is delighted to announce that South African writer Nadia…

An Evening with Zadie Smith
An Evening with Zadie Smith

Evening with Zadie Smith Zadie Smith is one of Britain’s best-loved novelists. Her body of…