‘Scary new world’: political book sales explode as UK readers seek answers
Year-to-date sales are up 50% according to Waterstones, with Trump exposés and Brexit dissections leading the pack
Richell prize: Ruth McIver wins literary award for ‘unforgettable’ crime novel
Judges for the $10,000 prize said I Shot the Devil was an ‘atmospheric and chillingly entertaining’ novel by an emerging writer of considerable talent
Women Poets’ prize reveals first three winners
Honorees include Claire Collison, whose works include a performance piece about female beauty that she performs with her mastectomy scars revealed
Michael Connelly’s crime fiction career honoured with Diamond Dagger
The Crime Writers’ Association presents its top honour to the bestselling creator of Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller
The Joy of Waterboiling is hot tip for oddest book title prize
This year’s shortlist also includes Jesus on Gardening, Equine Dry Needling and Why Sell Tacos in Africa?
Booker winner Milkman defies ‘challenging’ reputation to become bestseller
Anna Burns’s novel sold almost 10,000 copies in the first days after the prize, and Faber has printed 120,000 additional copies to meet demand
The story of Anna Burns shows how working-class talent is going to waste
When the creative industries belong to the wealthy and their offspring, and being poor and dependent is seen as a moral failure, the success of her book Milkman is truly a cause for celebration
Anna Burns’s Man Booker prize is more than a fairytale – it’s a lesson
The author’s literary triumph while skint and relying on food banks is the news we all need right now, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
TS Eliot prize announces ‘intensely political’ shortlist
Prestigious £25,000 award selects 10 collections showcasing ‘poetry’s ability to engage with language when it is being debased’
Food bank and housing charity thank Booker winner Anna Burns
Author mentioned charity that helped her in prizewinning novel’s acknowledgments
‘It’s nice to feel I’m solvent. That’s a huge gift’: Anna Burns on her life-changing Booker win
The author was in terrible pain and couldn’t afford to feed herself when she wrote her novel Milkman. She talks about growing up during the Troubles – and her ‘dreamlike’ success
The inside story of judging the Man Booker prize 2018
Novelist and judge Val McDermid reports that, contrary to award lore, the drama was restricted to the books at this year’s deliberations
Milkman is a bold choice but it’s unlikely to please booksellers
Anna Burns’s Booker winner is experimental, even baffling, but it does speak to our era
Anna Burns wins Man Booker prize for ‘incredibly original’ Milkman
Judges unanimous in choice of Northern Irish winner for ‘utterly distinctive’ Troubles-era novel
Man Booker prize: Daisy Johnson tipped to be youngest ever winner
Ladbrokes makes 27-year-old author of Everything Under 9/4 favourite to take the £50,000 award on Tuesday evening