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Britain's Booker Prize for fiction will anoint a first-time winner when the 2023 recipient of the prestigious prize is announced at a ceremony in London on Sunday.

Finding Freedom author’s latest ‘insider’ book tackles Prince William’s ambitions and his relationship with father Charles

Duchess of Sussex previously claimed senior member of the royal family speculated about her son, Archie’s skin colour

Gore Vidal argued essays will outlast novels as a literary form. Hilary Mantel's essays, which explore her personal journey and struggles, suggest fiction and journalism have their own rewards. Vidal may or may not have agreed, but his own novels haven't aged as well as his essays.

The author of In Memoriam, a contender for Waterstones book of the year, on borrowing first-hand accounts of combat, running sex scenes past her gay friends and the eternal impact of the great war

Duchess of Sussex has previously stated that one royal family member had raised questions about ‘how dark’ her son would be while she was pregnant

The writer, 74, on Bollinger Bolsheviks, champagne socialism, the power of public libraries and how he came to write the first of his 36 novels

An upcoming book is set to shake the Royal Family even more

‘Endgame’ by royal commentator Omid Scobie is said to claim one figure was heavily involved in the decsion to move the couple out of Frogmore Cottage