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Exploring female friendship, fame and identity, this coming-of-age tale follows two young women in 1960s New York

The Roald Dahl alterations thrust sensitivity readers to the foreground, but the profession is nothing new

A philosopher examines the meaning of relationships in the great novelist’s life and books

Research in January by Macmillan and CLPE found limited books and lack of teacher support means majority study or hear poetry less than once a week

The AutHer Awards 2023 Shortlists for best women authors in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children’s Literature, and Debut were announced today by a panel of eminent judges. The Times of India received a whopping 2000 plus entries submitted by both publishers and individual authors for the coveted award, the first of its…

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Former president promotes book of correspondence with mournful claim that ‘only half’ of those included still like him

Previous winners of the award, which comes with a £10,000 prize, include Normal People author Sally Rooney and Surge poet Jay Bernard.

On Tuesday, Winfrey announced that she had chosen Ann Napolitano’s “Hello Beautiful,” a modern-day homage to “Little Women” from the author of the bestselling “Dear Edward.”

From Wagner to William Morris in the late 19th century, via Tolkien’s dwarves and CS Lewis’s The Last Battle, through to last year’s controversial film The Northman, Scandinavian gods and heroes have been central to the stories we tell ourselves.

An essay lamenting identity politics and conformist morality in contemporary writing