Submissions open for 4thWrite short story prize
Now in its 10th year, the £1,000 competition is held by publisher 4th Estate and the Guardian, and open to Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers in the UK and Ireland
Novel about ‘Disneyfication’ of nature wins climate fiction prize
Hum, Helen Phillips’ third novel, featuring a woman whose job is taken by a humanoid robot, is a terrifying look into a future where AI rules and nature is scarce
Zeno Sworder’s hopeful and poetic Once I Was a Giant wins book of the year at Australian industry awards
In its 26th year, the ABIAs also recognised Possum Magic’s Mem Fox for ‘outstanding service’ to the industry
‘I refuse to be a second-class citizen in my own land’: Taiwanese International Booker winner Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
The author of historical novel Taiwan Travelogue, and its translator Lin King, discuss the threat from Beijing, LGBTQ+ rights and the island’s culinary delicacies
International Booker prize goes to novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese for the first time
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, pulled off an ‘incredible double feat’ in succeeding as ‘both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel’
‘A book that should be read by all Australians’: Clare Wright wins book of the year at the NSW Literary awards
The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly alive’
What should win this year’s International Booker?
Political oppression in Tehran, a witch’s tale from France, a film-maker in Nazi Germany … we weigh up the contenders for the International Booker prize 2026
American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘blistering’ debut poetry collection
The £20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to Joy Is My Middle Name, a collection about navigating race, addiction and womanhood
‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut
All Her Lives is only the fifth short story collection to win the prestigious NZ$65,000 prize in 58 years
#MeToo-themed novel wins inaugural reader-led award worth £50,000
British author Donna Fisher has won the Libraro prize for the unpublished manuscript of her ‘provocative and timely’ book, Sheep’s Clothing
Stella prize 2026: Lee Lai becomes first non-binary person and first graphic novelist to win with Cannon
Lai wins $60,000 literary award for her study of a young woman’s repression and rage as she struggles to juggle the needs of those around her
Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards
In a rare public appearance, Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams warned of ‘networks of powerful elites’ using wealth and influence to silence dissenting voices
Peter Stead obituary
Other lives: Swansea University historian whose attention focused on popular culture and its practitioners
Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed
The Plaza Prizes offered 10 awards in 2025 but some judges say they were not paid, while a number of winners hit back over AI accusations
When an author says she had to decline a $175,000 prize, what does it say about the publishing world?
Helen DeWitt turning down the Windham-Campbell literary award caused controversy. But her bold act highlights that such prizes aren’t always as meritocratic as they might seem, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett