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This year’s Booker prize shortlist is an exciting line up, melding established, prize-winning authors and debut writers. The 2023 shortlist contains two Irish authors – Paul Murray and Paul Lynch – and on the long list of 13 novels, Elaine Feeney’s How to Build a Boat and Sebastian Barry’s Old…

A woman retreats to a remote Irish island following the collapse of her life, in the first of a series named for the four elements

Mockery over ‘Two Corinthians’ slip and endorsement battles in 2016 echo in 2024 race as Republican contenders seek first win

Famed artist, art critic, photographer and writer Giridhar Khasnis debuts in Kannada literature with Ellindalo Hari Bandu (which in English translates to came flying from somewhere), his inaugural collection of 85 short tales, micro stories, and prose poems. Ranging from micro stories spanning a few lines to the longest ones…

The end of Apple TV+'s Lessons in Chemistry is quite different compared to the book, and Brie Larson explained why it's perfect.

A wave of book bans is sweeping across the United States

Other lives: University of Roehampton lecturer who was a mainstay of the children’s literature MA

St Charles city-county system to remove Bang Like a Porn Star: Sex Tips from the Pros after critics claim it is too sexually explicit

Late-night hosts discuss Greene’s new book, Biden’s mix-up of Taylor Swift and Britney Spears, and more GOP conspiracies about January 6.

In a recently published book Steven Friedman, who has written extensively on the political and social aspects of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, explores the racist underpinnings of the west’s responses to Israel’s war in Gaza. This is an extract from the book, Good Jew, Bad Jew.

In 1994, South Africa became a democracy founded on a supreme constitution. The constitution’s preamble affirms the nation’s quest to