The Guardian view on list-making: a habit that is part of what makes us human
Editorial: From Homeric epic to the novels of today, the history of literature shows that there is nothing trivial about a list
This Booker longlist might just be the most enjoyable of recent years
No Sally Rooney, one clear favourite and a novel set in space - this is a longlist of unexpected discoveries and big ideas
Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among ‘cohort of global voices’
Hisham Matar, Sarah Perry and Samantha Harvey in running for prize, along with the first Native American and Dutch authors ever to be nominated
Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for “riotous” novel Glorious Exploits
Described as a ‘masterclass in tragicomedy’, the novel, set in Syracuse in 412BC, follows two locals who decide to stage Medea in a quarry using prisoners as actors
Martin MacInnes wins Arthur C Clarke award for ‘intense trip’ of a novel
In Ascension takes prestigious science fiction prize for a story that follows a marine biologist exploring the ocean depths
Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win
The science fiction and fantasy prize says it has culled 377 votes mostly for ‘Finalist A’, who will not be disqualified as there is no proof they were aware
Alice Munro knew my stepfather sexually abused me as a child, says Nobel laureate’s daughter
Andrea Robin Skinner says her stepfather sexually assaulted her when she was nine, but her mother said she ‘loved him too much’ to leave him
Miles Franklin award 2024: Alexis Wright continues dream run as shortlist announced
Much-lauded Praiseworthy joins works by Gregory Day, André Dao, Sanya Rushdi, Jen Craig and Hossein Asgari competing for Australia’s highest literary honour
‘An ancient shadow permeates his work’: Alberto Manguel on the genius of Ismail Kadare
The writer pays tribute to the late author, reflecting on how Kadare’s use of the ancient past to make sense of the present renders him essential reading
Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88
His allegorical stories, informed by life under state communism, drew international praise but he insisted that he was not a political writer
Hisham Matar wins Orwell prize for political fiction
The Pulitzer winner’s third novel My Friends is based on an event from 1984, when officials opened fire on protesters at the Libyan embassy in London
Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter prize amid prosecution threat over Kashmir comments
The announcement comes two weeks after Indian officials granted permission to prosecute the writer over comments she made 14 years ago
London literary life excludes northern writers, prize organisers say
Prejudice has meant authors from the north of England struggle to find publishers and their stories go unheard
Bernice Rubens, first woman to win Booker, honoured with Cardiff plaque
Scholars and politicians to attend unveiling of memorial at family home of only Welsh winner of literary prize
‘Extraordinary’ Joseph Coelho novel wins Carnegie medal for children’s writing
‘Extraordinary’ novel The Boy Lost in the Maze takes prestigious honour while sister prize for illustration goes to Aaron Becker’s wordless The Tree and the River