Literature festival is coming back for 32nd year in a row
Swindon’s much-loved Literature Festival is returning for its 32nd consecutive year. Known as the Swindon Festival of Literature, this celebrated event kicks off on Monday...
Devangana Dash from Delhi wins the 10th Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize
Devangana Dash, a talented book designer, art director, and educator, has won the 10th Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize for her stunning cover design of...
When the Nobel Winners was at Loggerheads: The Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez Feud
The passing of Mario Vargas Llosa at 89 in Lima, Peru, marks the end of an era for Latin America's literary landscape. A literary giant,...
London Book Fair 2025 to Spotlight AI and Developing Young Readers
The London Book Fair (LBF) 2025, the world's largest English-language publishing trade show, is set to take place at Olympia London from March 11–13, with...
After a 36-year prohibition, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses is available in Delhi bookstores.
The contentious book "The Satanic Verses" by British-Indian author Salman Rushdie has subtly made a comeback to India 36 years after the Rajiv Gandhi administration...
In Stockholm, Han Kang is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
At the 124th Nobel Awards event on Wednesday in Stockholm, Sweden, renowned novelist Han Kang was presented with the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature. At...
Ross Perlin received the annual award for his book, Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues.
Welcome to The Literature Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The British Academy Book Prize...
SIEL Book Fair in Rabat, 2024 Welcomes More Than 316,000 Visitors
Over 316,000 people attended the 29th edition of the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL), as reported by the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication.According...
For her narrative of a complicated love affair, German author Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker Prize.
The International Booker Prize for fiction was given to German writer Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann on Tuesday for their work "Kairos," which tells...
Irish poet celebrates his new pub space following a successful crowdsourcing effort.
A well-known Irish poetry publisher's bookstore and arts centre was about to close, but thanks to a GoFundMe effort, almost €60,000 was raised, which was...
