Without youth theatre, I would never have won the Booker prize
Acting onstage was how I discovered my creativity, away from class and racial division, says Booker prize-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo
Gail Jones wins $80,000 fiction prize with Noah Glass in Prime Minister’s Literary awards
The Death of Noah Glass describes braided family lives where individuals are ‘essentially unknown to each other’
Bernardine Evaristo doubles lifetime sales in five days after joint Booker win
Almost 6,000 copies of Girl, Woman, Other sold in the week after Evaristo’s win alongside Margaret Atwood
Women’s untold stories dominate Baillie Gifford prize shortlist
A study of Jack the Ripper’s victims and an investigation into an unfinished work by Harper Lee are among six books up for the £50,000 nonfiction prize
Swedish Academy defends Peter Handke’s controversial Nobel win
Members behind decision to award Austrian writer the prize in literature say he will be seen as an ‘obvious choice’ in 50 years
Fiona Benson wins Forward prize with Greek myth poems for #MeToo age
Poems on grieving through Super Mario, ‘honour’ killings and sexual violence claim top awards
‘Oh man, she’s back’: Elizabeth Strout on the return of Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge sold a million copies and won a Pulitzer. Can a follow-up recapture its magic? Elizabeth Strout talks about surprise success in her sixth decade
British lead nominations for world’s richest children’s book prize
The £400,000 Astrid Lindgren award rewards work ‘in the spirit of’ the Swedish author and this year’s nominees range from Argentina to Zambia
TS Eliot prize unveils shortlist of ‘fearless poets’
Nominees for the £25,000 prize include Jay Bernard, Sharon Olds and Anthony Anaxagorou
Peter Handke hits out at criticism of Nobel win
Writer says he will not talk to media again after repeated questions about his politics
Judging the Booker prize: ‘I’m proud of our decision’
Picking a winner is an impossible task, says Booker judge Afua Hirsch. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo both deserved to win
The Booker prize judges have exposed the doublethink behind our arts awards
Naming Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo joint winners has pulled back the curtain on what we’re told is the ‘best’
Booker winners Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Atwood on breaking the rules
The judges staged a ‘joyful mutiny’ to name the pair joint winners of the literary prize. And that’s not all that unites them
Backlash after Booker awards prize to two authors
Decision to make first black female winner, Bernardine Evaristo, share £50,000 prize with Margaret Atwood causes controversy
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share Booker prize 2019
Judging panel break rules in choosing The Testaments and Girl, Woman, Other as joint winners