James Frey wins bad sex in fiction award for ‘dubious’ Katerina
US author’s ‘fictional retelling’ of a Paris love affair is the winner from all-male shortlist
Haruki Murakami and James Frey lead all-male shortlist for bad sex award
Annual prize intended to show up the worst sexual description in fiction singles out some famous names for a second time – but no women
Linda Fairstein: literary group rescinds honor over role in Central Park Five case
Mystery Writers of America withdrew Grand Master award from ex-prosecutor after writers expressed outrage over the decision
Sally Rooney’s Normal People named Waterstones book of the year
Bookseller praises word-of-mouth hit as ‘cementing her reputation as the voice of her generation’
Green Book back in Oscars race after winning National Board of Review award
Best film prize goes to drama starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, in US awards with form in picking Oscar contenders
How the sports book of the year reached the right result – with a dead heat
Literary prizes aren’t meant to split decisions, but as a judge I felt it made sense for Paul Gibson and Tom Gregory to draw, just as it had when I helped decide the Booker
Award for thriller without violence against women goes to Jock Serong
Inaugural Staunch prize won by the Australian novelist’s On the Java Ridge, in which a group of surfers tries to rescue a refugee boat from a storm
The Joy of Waterboiling: kettle cookbook wins oddest book title award
The German-language recipe collection takes the Diagram prize in a public vote lauded as ‘a clear call for a second Brexit referendum’
Costa book awards shortlist memoir of homeless couple’s coast walk
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn is acclaimed by judges as ‘an absolutely brilliant story about the human capacity to endure’
Canadian literary prize suspended after finalists object to Amazon sponsorship
The Prix littéraire des collégiens has been halted after shortlisted authors condemned the ‘promotion of a multinational that harms bookstores’
Junot Díaz welcomed back by Pulitzer prize after review into sexual misconduct claims
After ‘exhaustive’ independent review, the prize has restored the author’s position as chairman of the board
National Book Awards: Sigrid Nunez wins fiction prize as Isabel Allende is honoured
Chilean-born author receives lifetime achievement award at ceremony celebrating diversity, truth and literature as healing forces in a dark time
Robin Robertson wins Goldsmiths prize for innovative fiction with The Long Take
Scottish poet wins £10,000 prize for his ‘narrative poem’ about a D-Day veteran in search of a home in postwar America
Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War take People’s Choice honours
Shadowhunters, Korean boyband BTS and Khloe Kardashian were the other major winners in the awards determined by an online vote
Pretentious, impenetrable, hard work … better? Why we need difficult books
This year’s Booker-winner Milkman has been criticised for being challenging. But are we confusing readability with literary value?