This year’s Man Booker Prize has been one of frequent surprises.… Read more »

Sound the trumpets: the folks behind the Man Booker Prize have announced this year’s longlist on their website. The list is comprised of thirteen books, and includes some firsts: first nominated book published in Ireland, as well as the first graphic novel… Read more »

There’s a new development that has crept into coverage of the Nobel Prize for Literature in recent years: after the announcement and then the round of explainers has come interviews… Read more »

In England, where they like to do things ceremonially, one pen has been retired and another is about to be inaugurated. These are, mind you, no ordinary Pilot Precise V5… Read more »