The Guardian view on science fiction: The Broken Earth deserves its Hugo
Editorial: The American writer NK Jemisin has now won the most prestigious award in science fiction three times. The planet should take notice
Andrew Miller: ‘Writing is how you transform yourself, the world. It’s your politics’
The books interview: his debut won a major prize, but his career path hasn’t always been smooth. He talks writer’s block, meditation and 18th-century underwear
Hugo awards: women clean up as NK Jemisin wins best novel again
Jemisin’s third win in as many years signals an end to the influence of the rightwing ‘Puppies’ groups, with female authors winning all major categories at sci-fi awards
‘A tour de force’: wildcard novel completes Not the Booker prize shortlist
Last year’s judges have finalised the 2018 shortlist, adding Marc Nash’s Three Dreams in the Key of G. Now we’re on the hunt for three new judges ...
Helen Lederer launches prize for funny female writers
The Comedy women in print award is a response to how few female authors have won the Wodehouse prize
Belinda Bauer, the crime author up for the Booker: ‘If it’s tokenism, I don’t care’
She hadn’t read a crime novel before writing her debut at 45. Now, the author of Snap talks risk-taking, genre snobbery and not needing to know whodunnit
Booker prize longlisting leaves Sabrina’s publishers struggling to meet demand
Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel, the first to make the finalists for the UK’s leading fiction award, has seen sales rocket after the announcement
Not the Booker prize 2018 shortlist announced: time to start reading!
In a very close public vote, five novels have emerged as contenders, with one final choice still to come from the judges
BAME short story prize shortlist ranges across modern life
The six finalists for the Guardian/Fourth Estate award offer compelling pictures of the contemporary world
I’m going back to Proust this August. The truly long read is a summer treat
Short hits might seem preferable to vast narratives, but stories that take time to absorb offer special pleasures, says Alex Clark, writer on culture for the Guardian and Observer
Judith Brett wins National Biography award for ‘profound’ look at life of Alfred Deakin
Author takes home $25,000 prize for The Enigmatic Mr Deakin, which includes ‘surprising detail’ about Australia’s second prime minister
Not the Booker longlist: vote now to decide the 2018 shortlist
Our initial poll has put more than 140 novels in contention. We need your learned opinions to winnow this down to a shortlist next week
The Guardian view on graphic novels: expanding the literary horizon
Editorial: Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina presents the judges with an enviable problem of their own making – how to judge it against novels without pictures
Trinidadian Creole tale wins 2018 Commonwealth short story prize
Judges praise Passage by Kevin Jared Hosein as ‘all a reader could want from a short story’
A comic, up for the Booker prize? About time too
Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina is the first graphic novel to be longlisted for the prize. It’s good news for everyone who loves books, says independent comics editor Claire Napier