Once again a major UK literary prize shows big names are valued more than debuts
It’s prize time again — now the spotlight is on the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, for which the longlist was announced yesterday on International Women’s Day. The Baileys is… Read more »
British Green Party suggests reducing copyright terms; British writers like Philip Pullman not too pleased with British Green Party
Are writers a sustainable political constituency capable of effecting, collectively, massive change? Wait, why are you laughing? It’s true that writers aren’t nearly as powerful a political force as large,… Read more »
Prison reading isn’t exactly vacation reading
Earlier this week, we reported that prisoners in the UK are no longer allowed to receive books in the mail (nor underwear, birthday cards, and so on). The policy doesn’t… Read more »