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Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for their unique, folkloric tales of Nigerian life in decades past. Like them, his 2024 novel The Road to the Country is “tinged with fable and…

He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives

A series of bans on volumes with race, gender and LGBTQ+ themes have proliferated in recent years

This rich fourth collection by James Womack ponders the fraught relationship between place and dweller – and our craving for connection

Populated by tech and pharma hustlers, this bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life

One of Albania’s greatest writers who explored the ugliness and dignity of this ancient and long-oppressed nation

Lestat takes center stage in Interview with the Vampire season 3. Here's everything we know about the new season so far.

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Ismail Kadare, the Albanian writer who explored Balkan history and culture in poetry and fiction, has died aged 88. Here are some of the most memorable quotes from interviews he gave throughout his life