Writers need PEN more than ever
A century after the international association of writers was founded, authors are under unprecedented threat
TS Eliot prize unveils ‘unsettling, captivating’ shortlist
Judges say the 10 poetry collections nominated for £25,000 award are ‘as urgent as they are artful’
DBC Pierre’s smartphone era novel leads Goldsmiths prize shortlist
Meanwhile in Dopamine City, which is told in two columns to mimic our divided attention, is one of six finalists for the award for ‘fiction at its most novel’
Eritrean poet Amanuel Asrat named International Writer of Courage
The author, imprisoned without charge since 2001, was chosen to share the PEN Pinter prize by 2020’s winner Linton Kwesi Johnson
Louise Glück: Colm Tóibín on a brave and truthful Nobel winner
Her brilliantly controlled poems offer a picture of the world as a struggle between ordeal and wonder
Louise Glück: where to start with an extraordinary Nobel winner
Poet Fiona Sampson explains why she admires the 2020 Nobel laureate and picks her favourite poems from a long career
Louise Glück wins the 2020 Nobel prize in literature – as it happened
The US poet has won ‘for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal’
Louise Glück wins the 2020 Nobel prize in literature
The Swedish Academy has chosen the American poet, citing her ‘unmistakable poetic voice’
NK Jemisin leads 2020 round of MacArthur ‘genius grants’
Science fiction novelist is one of 21 writers, scientists and artists to win $625,000 stipends to ‘pursue their creative inclinations’
‘Master’ of short story Sarah Hall becomes first to win BBC prize twice
The Grotesques, an unsettling story exploring privilege in a university town, wins the £15,000 BBC national short story award
Charges against Tsitsi Dangarembga must be dropped, argue writers
The Zimbabwean novelist, shortlisted for this year’s Booker prize for This Mournable Body, is accused of intending to incite public violence in Harare
Nobel prize for literature tipped to make safe pick after years of scandal
Having been postponed in 2018, last year’s return drew heavy fire for the selection of Peter Handke, so experts expect a cautious choice this week
Akwaeke Emezi shuns Women’s prize over request for details of sex as defined ‘by law’
Author, who became first non-binary trans writer to be nominated for the award in 2019, declines to submit future novels for consideration in protest
‘Writing a novel is like wading through wet sand, at night, in a storm’: John Banville on The Sea
The novelist, who won the 2005 Booker prize for this novel, recalls the childhood holidays that inspired him
Aspiring writers, enter that prize. Even if you don’t win, you’ll be seen
Simply submitting your story to be read by someone who knows talent when they see it is important for so many reasons