Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley review – a dazzling Dickensian tale
Can solidarity among the marginalised bring about social change? A novel set amid the brothels of Soho explores the answer
‘They were treated terribly’ – why ‘lad lit’ veteran Mike Gayle is finally tackling racism
He just became the first male writer ever to win romantic fiction’s top award. The former agony uncle explains why his latest novel looks back at the ‘virulent’ prejudice of 1950s Britain
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld writes poem about Amanda Gorman furore
Exclusive: in Everything inhabitable, published in the Guardian, the Dutch writer responds to controversy over the decision to appoint a white translator to the black poet’s book
Stella prize 2021: finalists ‘span the gamut’ of human enterprise and experience
Twelve works have been longlisted for the $50,000 literary prize for Australian women and non-binary writers
Edna O’Brien to receive France’s highest honour for the arts
The 90-year-old Irish writer will be named commander of the French Ordre des Arts et Lettres on Sunday
We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan review – a powerful debut
Belonging and exile are at the heart of this novel of dislocation and trauma
Vick Hope: ‘I didn’t just cry when reading A Little Life, I bawled’
The TV presenter, author and Women’s prize judge on reading To Kill a Mockingbird at nine, the influence of Malorie Blackman and her love for David Almond’s novels
‘Outstanding’ Carnegie medal longlist includes three previous winners
Previous winners Elizabeth Acevedo, Patrick Ness and Ruta Sepetys up for prestigious children’s book award, with loss a common theme
Call for new writers of colour as entries open for 4thWrite short story prize
The Guardian and publisher 4th Estate’s annual award for unpublished writers of colour offers £1,000 to the winner, and publication on theguardian.com
Monique Roffey leads strong showing for indies on Rathbones Folio shortlist
The Costa winner is up for award honouring the best work of literature regardless of genre, alongside many other titles from small presses
Oscars release first shortlists for 2021 Academy Awards
Boys State, MLK/FBI and Crip Camp among contenders as categories announced include best documentary and best international film
Fiction prize renamed in honour of Margaret Atwood and late partner Graeme Gibson
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has relaunched its annual fiction award as the Atwood Gibson prize, which Atwood says would have left him ‘very tickled’
‘I’m flabbergasted’: Monique Roffey on women, whiteness and winning the Costa
The Mermaid of Black Conch’s author explains why she expected ‘a quiet life’ for the formally daring, magical realist novel that has been declared book of the year
‘Utterly original’ Monique Roffey wins Costa book of the year
The Mermaid of Black Conch takes £30,000 award for 2020’s most enjoyable book, acclaimed by judges a classic in the making
Bhanu Kapil wins TS Eliot poetry prize for ‘radical’ How to Wash a Heart
Judges praise the British-Indian poet’s ‘formidable’ collection, exploring the dynamic between an immigrant and her white, middle-class host