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Bernardine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman Is Coming to the Stage at London’s National Theatre

Bernardine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman is coming to the stage. The novel will receive its first theatrical adaptation at London’s National Theatre, where Natasha Gordon’s new production...

I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize

I found being a Booker judge hugely rewarding. All the works on our shortlist will change how you see the world• This year’s Booker prize shortlistAs a Booker judge, I think I have...

At 21, Nigerian Author Doreen Otaru Gives the Uncertainty of Growing Up a Voice in Debut Novel Seasons of Blooming

Blending contemporary coming-of-age fiction with subtle magical realism, the University of Texas at Austin student examines dislocation, the quiet grief of friendship breakups, and...

Oyinkan Braithwaite Joins Judging Panel for the Women’s Prize Trust’s Discoveries 2027

The Women’s Prize Trust has opened submissions for the seventh edition of Discoveries, its flagship writer development programme supporting unagented, unpublished women novelists,...

Previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart shortlisted for Booker prize

The two authors are in the running for the £50,000 award alongside a Pulitzer winner, a science fiction legend, a comic writer and a debut novelist• Booker judge Mary Beard on this...

‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis

The author talks about her nomadic childhood, being targeted by the Turkish government and overcoming depression to write her latest novelFor a long time Elif Shafak was referred t...

The Truth Really Will Set You Free in Deesha Philyaw’s Sexy Debut Novel

The moment I stepped into Deesha Philyaw’s apartment, she pressed four gorgeous golden bracelets into my hand. A gift. Then, we spread plates and napkins on the table and shared a...

Black British Book Festival Returns October 4 with Nick Makoha, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, and More A...

Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature is back! The Black British Book Festival, founded by Selina Brown, returns to London’s Barbican Centre on Sunday, October 4, 2026,...

British-Nigerian Screenwriter Thara Popoola Wins the ВЈ1,000 Modern Stories: It Must Be Love 2026 Prize

Screenwriter Thara Popoola has won Modern Stories: It Must Be Love 2026 for her novel-in-progress Right Person, Wrong Timeline, Curtis Brown Creative announced, with J. D. Malle’s...

8 Nigerian Authors Whose Books Have Won Critical Acclaim

  From globally celebrated novelists to emerging voices gaining international recognition, these female authors have taken Nigerian stories beyond the country’s borders and onto so...

‘Our third date was at Buckingham Palace’: Marlon James and Nicholas Boggs on life as a literary power couple

Shortlisted for the Booker and Baillie Gifford prizes respectively, the novelist and biographer talk about working and living together – and giving a voice to Black queer historyTh...

UK-based author Barns turns pain into purpose with double book launch in Harare

United Kingdom-based author Linda Barns has poured her pain and vulnerability into her two books, which were launched in Harare on Wednesday. Barns launched Choosing Me and The Vie...

Deborah Levy ontdekt in Gertrude Stein een levenslustig rolmodel: ‘We moeten afrekenen met het idee dat vrouwen altijd m...

Read Britannia! UK dominate the Booker Prize shortlist

It's a new chapter for British authors - at least in the Booker Prize judges' book. For Britons dominate the shortlist of this year's prestigious award.

British-Nigerian Writer Abimbola Omisore Wins Simon & Schuster UK’s New Chapter Award

Simon & Schuster UK has named Abimbola Omisore the winner of New Chapter, its award for new writers, securing the Peckham-born British-Nigerian author a two-book publishing dea...

An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria

A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch When she was seven years old, Bayo Ran...

Natalie Baszile Gets Candid About the Stakes Between Family and Friends In New Novel

Exploring the complex ties between love, race, and understanding in friendship and family bonds.

Abdelrahman ElGendy, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, and Delali Adjoa Longlisted for the 2026 National Book Awards

Egyptian writer Abdelrahman ElGendy, Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, and Togo-born author Delali Adjoa are among the writers featured on the 2026 National Book Awards lon...

5 Booker Prize Longlist Books Goodreads Readers Love

It’s almost time for the prestigious 2026 Booker Prize awards, which honor books written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland by authors of any nationality. Th...

Tearing a strip off a children's entertainer and a wintry Sarah Moss... this month's contemporary fiction: Fabulous (&am...

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Meera Syal looks back: ‘South Asians weren’t seen as funny. We sold you fags or served you curry’

The actor, comedian and writer on idolising Victoria Wood, being fuelled by rage and injustice after a sexual assault, and ​t​he life-changing impact of Goodness Gracious MeBorn in...

Wanjirũ G. Mbure’s Out for Glamour in Africa Rewrites the Story of Black Womanhood Through Drum Magazine’s Archive

Published this month by University of Michigan Press, Out for Glamour in Africa: A History of Black Urban Femininities in Drum Magazine by Wanjirũ G. Mbure is a richly researched e...

Masobe Books Acquires Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim’s Debut, Dear Descendant(s), Reveals Cover

Masobe Books has announced the acquisition of Dear Descendant(s), the debut work of fiction from Nigerian writer Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim, alongside a striking cover reveal. Publi...

Namwali Serpell, Mahmood Mamdani, and Conceição Evaristo Headline Harlem Stage’s New York Black & African Literature...

Harlem Stage presents the second edition of the New York Black & African Literature Festival (NYBALF), running September 18–20, 2026, in a new presenting partnership that bring...