The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton review – irresistible maritime mystery

Murder, conspiracy and gothic mayhem abound in the follow-up to The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, set during a 17th-century ocean voyage

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz review – fearless, sinuous and breathtaking

Natalie Diaz’s second collection plunges the reader into Native American culture and bold takes on sexual love

Hilary Mantel’s latest novel is not worthy of the Booker? If that’s the way you feel …

So much of the publishing industry is shaped by pure emotion – and the Booker prize is no exceptionn

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi review – electrifyingly truthful

When does self-determination become selfishness? This intelligent Booker-shortlisted debut examines the legacy of a toxic mother

Hilary Mantel: I am ‘disappointed but freed’ by Booker decision

Two time winner, previously a favourite to win with the third novel in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, says books ‘surf on the tide of the times’

Elmer author David McKee: ‘I’ve never been a prize winner’

The creator of the patchwork elephant and Mr Benn has won the BookTrust lifetime achievement award. He reflects on his career and explains why his best ideas come to him in the bath

‘The great African novel of the 21st century’: Namwali Serpell wins Arthur C Clarke award

The Old Drift takes prestigious science fiction award with what judges called ‘an extraordinary saga that spans eras from Cecil Rhodes to Rhodes Must Fall’

Milan Kundera ‘joyfully’ accepts Czech Republic’s Franz Kafka prize

Prestigious award follows the restoration of his citizenship last year after decades of exile in Paris

Bernardine Evaristo: living as a lesbian made me stronger

Booker prize winner recalls angry decade as part of ‘counter-cultural, black womanist’ community

Judging the Booker prize: ‘These books are about living under intense pressure’

In a year that saw us confined to our homes, the 2020 shortlist looks at how to preserve love and humanity in difficult times, writes judge Sameer Rahim

Most diverse Booker prize shortlist ever as Hilary Mantel misses out

With no room for Mantel’s conclusion to her Wolf Hall trilogy, the six finalists also include four debuts

‘Men still say women aren’t funny’: Nina Stibbe wins Comedy women in print prize

Reasons to Be Cheerful wins award set up to correct ‘sexist imbalance’ in Wodehouse prize, having also won that honour in 2019

Liz Hyder: ‘It’s extraordinary exploitation – kids are still working in mines’

Visiting a mining museum in Wales introduced the debut author to a shocking history. She explains how these horrors inspired her acclaimed novel

Shakespearean sisterhood: Maggie O’Farrell on Hamnet

The Women’s prize for fiction winner discusses plague and avenging Anne Hathaway

Maggie O’Farrell wins Women’s prize for fiction with ‘exceptional’ Hamnet

Study of grief over the death of Shakespeare’s young son from bubonic plague acclaimed by judges as a truly great novel