Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James review – violent and cliched
The Man Booker winner calls his fantasy trilogy an ‘African Game of Thrones’. The gore is there, but where’s the subtlety?
Carnegie medal longlist highlights trend for gritty children’s books
Twenty books in contention for this year’s £5,000 award encompass stories of bereavement, isolation and marginalisation
Albert Finney, legendary star of Tom Jones and Miller’s Crossing, dies aged 82
Celebrated actor who rose to fame in the ‘kitchen sink’ era before evolving into one of the screen greats of the postwar period, has died
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn review – walking to freedom
This uplifting memoir, about a couple who embark on a long coastal walk after becoming homeless, was shortlisted for the 2018 Costa biography award
Stella prize 2019: Gail Jones, Bri Lee and Chloe Hooper make ‘thrilling’ longlist
List also includes Fiona Wright’s The World Was Whole, Jenny Ackland’s Little Gods and Enza Gandolfo’s The Bridge
Wellcome book prize: gender and identity dominate 2019 longlist
Books in contention range from a transgender man’s boxing story to a memoir of recovering from psychosis and a novel about narcotic hibernation
The Guardian view on business and arts: cash without a voice
Editorial: Corporate sponsorship needs to steer clear of impinging on artistic freedoms
Behrouz Boochani’s literary prize acceptance speech – full transcript
Asylum speaker accepts $125,000 Victorian premier’s literary prize via video from Manus Island, where he has been held for six years
Dylan Thomas prize: teacher and nurse among ‘starburst’ of young talent
Sally Rooney, Sarah Perry and Michael Donkor among those longlisted for £30,000 prize for books by writers aged 39 or under
Behrouz Boochani: detained asylum seeker wins Australia’s richest literary prize
Guardian writer on Manus Island wins $125,000 after sweeping non-fiction prize and Victorian prize for literature at Victorian premier’s literary awards 2019
Costa prize-winner Bart van Es on why he had to tell his family’s Holocaust story
The Cut Out Girl is the gripping tale of a Jewish girl who escaped the Nazis, written by her saviours’ grandson. Here, author and heroine talk about their life-affirming collaboration
The Cut Out Girl by Bart van Es wins Costa book of the year
Book’s subject, Lien de Jong, 85, who survived second world war ordeal, attends ceremony
No more Americans? What a new sponsor could mean for the Man Booker prize
Hedge fund’s departure as £1.6m backer of the UK’s leading fiction award has prompted feverish speculation about the prize’s future
Booker prize trustees search for new sponsor after Man Group exit
Hedge fund firm says it plans to focus its resources instead on its diversity campaign
Jayant Kaikini’s No Presents Please wins DSC prize for south Asian literature
Writer sees off competition from Kamila Shamsie and Mohsin Hamid with award for his collection of Mumbai-set short stories