Booker judges try to have it both ways Awarding joint prize to Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo feels like a fudge
We were promised a less Eurocentric Nobel. We got two laureates from Europe Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke may be fine writers but their awards only add to suspicions over the prize’s limited horizons
Lemn Sissay and Befeqadu Hailu share 2019 PEN Pinter prize British poet Sissay names persecuted Ethiopian writer and activist as this year’s ‘international writer of courage’
David Keenan’s Troubles novel For the Good Times wins Gordon Burn prize Judges salute a novel set in Belfast that ‘reveals truth about our recent history’
Not the Booker prize 2019: Lara Williams wins with Supper Club Despite technical troubles, the judges have selected Supper Club by Lara Williams as the winner of this year’s award
‘A troubling choice’: authors criticise Peter Handke’s controversial Nobel win Writers including Salman Rushdie, Hari Kunzru and Slavoj Žižek say the 2019 Nobel laureate ‘combines great insight with shocking ethical blindness’
Peter Handke: an adversarial talent and controversial Nobel laureate Since his 1966 debut The Hornets, the Austrian playwright and author has tested, inspired and shocked audiences
Olga Tokarczuk: the dreadlocked feminist winner the Nobel needed From her Man Booker International winning novel Flights to her William Blake-infused eco-thriller, you can’t go wrong reading this great Polish author
Nobel prize in literature: reactions after Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win – as it happened After the prize was postponed last year due to a sexual harassment scandal, two Nobel medals were awarded
Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win Nobel prizes in literature The Swedish Academy announced laureates for 2018 and 2019, after scandal forced last year’s award to be postponed
Two Nobel literature prizes to be awarded after sexual assault scandal Atwood and Murakami among favourites for prize as academy tries to rebuild its reputation
What I learned from my year of reading outside the box As a Booker prize judge, I encountered stories I would never have sought out, and it was wonderful, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch
Nobel prize in literature sets sights on diversity after year of scandal Maryse Condé and Margaret Atwood among those tipped for the prize as Swedish Academy aims to restore its shattered reputation
‘Give up and go to the pub’: Australia’s top authors on beating writer’s block Nominees for the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary awards share their tips on tackling the monster that plagues all writers