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A struggling writer was told her career was ‘done’ –  then everything changed in 48 hours

The American writer and professor, 55, is the author of four novels. An American Marriage won the Women’s Prize and was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Her latest novel – another O...

6 novels with ‘burning humanity’ vie for Booker

A novel following an Iranian family’s journey from the 1979 revolution to life in exile, a tale set in a harsh penal colony, and the story of a woman in the Albanian mountains who....

Daniyal Mueenuddin on the Uses, and Abuses, of Real Life

The novelist discusses works of fiction that draw from the people one knows—often, to controversial effect.

‘WRITER ZOO’

AN AUTHOR IN AN ENCLOSURE

Just In: Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer and Nobel Laureate, dies at 74

Pamuk, a novelist, screenwriter and academic, was one of Turkey’s most prominent novelists; and sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country’s best-selling wr...

The Novelist Reimagining the Japanese American Internment

In “Questions 27 & 28,” Karen Tei Yamashita opens an inquiry into how the story of the past gets made.

Novelist's stunning home amongst the vineyards on the market

This stunning Haumoana property might provide the impetus to move from the big smoke.

Newport novelist shortlisted for national romantic fiction prize

Newport author Luisa A Jones shortlisted for the 2026 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards for What We Left Behind, in the RNA’s Saga Romance category.

[Insider] A Famous Japanese Novelist Dumps Her Publisher After Discriminatory Column

Yuzuki Asako's former publisher has a history of running inflammatory columns. The latest was the last straw for the author.

Taiwanese novel wins International Booker Prize

British novelist Gwendoline Riley wins a $175k Windham-Campbell prize

Awarded to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, other recipients include S Shakthidharan, Adam Ehrlich Sachs and Kei MillerBritish novelist Gwendoline Riley is among e...

Nigerian-American novelist and Caine Prize Winner Tope Folarin Says His Fiction Earns $20,000 a Year

Tope Folarin, the Nigerian-American novelist and 2013 Caine Prize winner, has opened up about the financial realities of his writing life in a new interview with the Substack newsl...

Quebec Novelist Shines a Harsh Spotlight on Migration, and on Trump’s America

Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian-born, previously unknown writer, submitted an unsolicited manuscript. Its rights were sold in 23 countries before publication.

The 'raucous' debut novel set entirely on one epic night out

Sufiyaan Salam has won an award from Stormzy, been nominated for a Bafta and made a video for Elton John.

Australian author convicted after writing ‘offensive’ erotic novel

A Sydney author who wrote an erotic novel about a woman role-playing as a child has been placed on the sex offenders' register.

Japanese author Haruki Murakami to release 1st novel in 3 years

Internationally renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami will release his first novel in about three years in July, his publisher said Thursday. "The Tale of KAHO" centers a 26-yea...

Classic and Contemporary Literature From France, Japan, India, the U.K. and Brazil

Writers pick the classic and contemporary novels you must read from each country.

Heather Harper Ellett on Narrative Therapy, Southern Noir, and “Re-authoring” Our Lives

In the fall of 2019, my debut novel came out: Ain’t Nobody Nobody—a quirky, small town literary crime novel set in East Texas. It was reviewed well. I got compared to Carl Hiassen,...

How a Hollywood Screenwriter Transitioned to Writing His First Novel

I had spent my entire career training myself not to do precisely what I was trying to do now.

‘Nalabhagam’: a rare Janakiraman novel with a shocking theme and political undertones

The architect whose year on Uist inspired sci fi novel up for £50,000 prize

Ben Daniels spent a year living in a remote school house on an island off North Uist

Revisiting a literary legacy

IT ALWAYS began with narratives scribbled down on folded sheets of 8-1/2 by 11 paper, then typed out on a battered old typewriter, said Melissa “Mimi” Nolledo, describing how her f...

International Lawyer Harihara Arun Somasankar G Announces the Launch of His New Novel

The Hit Erotica Writers Outwitting Nigeria’s Religious Censors

Zealous officials burned their predecessors’ romance novels. Now, young Muslim women in northern Nigeria publish their erotic books in installments on WhatsApp.