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Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed

The Plaza Prizes offered 10 awards in 2025 but some judges say they were not paid, while a number of winners hit back over AI accusations

The Guardian - UK

Review of Sakina’s Kiss | Vivek Shanbhag delivers another winner with his new novel centred on a broken promise

Kannada writer Vivek Shanbhag's 2015 novel Ghachar Ghochar transformed Indian literary scene, shifting power away from English-language writers to fiction in translation. His latest, Sakina's Kiss, is another powerful work. The novel is narrated by Venkat, a mid-level executive whose life is defined by mediocrity. When a group of menacing…

The Hindu

Booker prize unveils book club challenge

Six groups will be chosen to read a shortlisted book, with the most ‘original and engaging’ readers to be invited to the prize ceremony

The Guardian - UK

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Authors at Hay festival weigh the meaning of authenticity

Who can write about whom was a running question, tackled by writers from Rose Tremain to Damon Galgut

The Guardian - UK

Controversies, epiphanies and the case against Canva: highlights from Sydney writers’ festival

Coinciding with the federal election, this year’s festival buzzed with big ideas about politics, hope and writing. Here are 10 things we learned

The Guardian - AU

Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years

Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town

The Guardian - UK

Irish novelist Colm Tóibín wins Rathbones Folio prize for The Magician

Fictionalised biography of writer Thomas Mann beats Booker prize-winner Damon Galgut to £30,000 award

The Guardian - UK

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Damon Galgut and Colm Tóibín join ‘rich and large’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist

Galgut’s Booker winner and Tóibín’s fictionalised biography of Thomas Mann are two of eight titles selected by the judges

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