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As one of this year’s judges, I have been bowled over by the range and intensity of what we have read, and I’m sure you will be too

Priscilla Morris, whose book tackles the Siege of Sarajevo, is the youngest at 49.

The tensions of family life are vividly conveyed in this novel of growing pains, grief and squash

From Mary Wesley’s throuples to James Baldwin’s heartbreak in Paris, writers have long been obsessed by ‘the most sought-after and least examined emotion’. Here Lucy Knight picks her top 10

After celebrating the release of “Al Babtain Dictionary of Arab Poets in the Era of States and Emirates”, Kuwait’s Abdulaziz Saud Al Babtain Cultural Foundation is preparing to publish the fourth part of the “Babtain Dictionary of Arabic Poetry throughout Eras” project. The “Babtain Dictionary of Abbasid Poets” covers a…

White power movement is example of broader failure to support veterans and to reckon with the cost of warfare

Former minister was seeking damages over book she alleged made defamatory statements about her response to Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape

Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent feminist movement

Ian Maloney says he has reformed his life and is writing books of poetry to raise money for cash-strapped charities instead of offending

It is widely believed that our understanding of history comes from textbooks. This is not entirely the case. As with most social sciences, our knowledge of history comes from lived experience.

A brief history of New Zealand on a pin