Here is the shortlist for the ($25,000!) Ursula K. Le Guin Prize.
The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced the shortlist for the second annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is an annual $25,000 cash prize given...
View ArticleGuadalupe Nettel has won the El Grand Balam award for 2024-2026.
Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel has been named as the latest recipient of the prestigious El Grand Balam award, a $150,000 prize awarded in three annual tranches and intended to support mid-career...
View Articlebell hooks and Maxine Hong Kingston were among the winners at the American...
Last Sunday, the 44th Annual American Book Awards were presented at the Koret Library in San Francisco, with Maxine Hong Kingston, Darryl Pinckney, and the late bell hooks among the recipients....
View ArticleCheck out Paul Lynch’s reaction to winning the Booker Prize.
Paul Lynch proved the bookies right when he became the sixth Irish writer (after Iris Murdoch, Roddy Doyle, John Banville, Anne Enright, and Anna Burns) to take home the Booker Prize, one of the...
View ArticleAn imprisoned Palestinian author has been shortlisted for the International...
A Mask, the Color of the Sky , the latest novel by imprisoned Palestinian author Basim Khandaqji, has been named among the six finalists for the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. A Mask, the...
View ArticleHere’s the shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced the shortlist for the third annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is an annual $25,000 cash prize given...
View ArticleHere are the winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards.
The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards—one of science fiction and fantasy’s most prestigious awards, decided by the popular vote of WorldCon members—were presented this weekend at the 82nd WorldCon in...
View ArticleTwo books and a former president are the winners of this year’s Dayton...
Out of an impressive group of finalists, the winners of 2024’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize were announced today. The prizes are given to “writers whose work demonstrates the power of the written word...
View ArticleThe book world’s most bloodstained award was handed out in Toronto last night.
The gala for the Giller Prize—formally Canada’s most prestigious literary award, now synonymous with artwashing genocide and apartheid—took place at Toronto’s Park Hyatt hotel last night. Anne Michaels...
View ArticleHere Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2024!
Percival Everett nabbed the National Book Award and Samantha Harvey bagged the Booker, but they weren’t the only writers who struck gold this year. Yes, from the Pulitzer to the Nebula, the...
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