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Shortlisted TS Eliot prize poets speak to a disrupted world

The 10 listed collections range from ‘zany intimacy’ by Sharon Olds to explorations of Black identity from Ishion Hutchinson and Jason Allen-Paisant

The Guardian - UK

Arlo Parks: ‘Hip-hop and rap are really beautiful forms of poetry – and an accessible entry point for many’

The acclaimed singer on her debut poetry collection, touring again and the community of women musicians – including Florence Welch and Phoebe Bridgers – who offer each other advice and support

Evening Standard

NYFW: Ralph Lauren’s new American Dream & Helmut Lang’s return to the runways

New York Fashion Week continued this weekend with shows from Ralph Lauren, Helmut Lang, Proenza Schouler and Khaite. Laura Antonia Jordan reports on everything you need to know

Evening Standard

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Maxine Hong Kingston, bell hooks among those honored by Ishmael Reed's Before Columbus Foundation

Maxine Hong Kingston, Darryl Pinckney and the late bell hooks were among the authors honored this year by the Before Columbus Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by Ishmael Reed that celebrates multicultural literature

The Independent UK

How to properly store fresh herbs

Fresh herbs are a perfect ingredient. Storing them is . . . not easy. Here's how to boost their longevity

Salon

When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar review – a poetic tale of familial grief

The emotional journey of three orphaned Muslim American siblings is evoked with heart-rending precision

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: shifting ground in North Korea, heartbreak advice from a centenarian and is Nick Cave conservative?

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

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Ocean Vuong: ‘I don’t believe a writer should just keep writing as long as they’re alive’

The award-winning poet and author on bringing his career to a meaningful end, processing the death of his mother via verse, and his love of mixed martial arts

The Guardian - UK

Greta Thunberg to appear at Edinburgh Book Festival: When is it and how to attend

Swedish activist in Scottish capital to promote The Climate Book

Evening Standard

Literary escapes! 10 top London authors on their summer must-reads

Classic romance novels, epic sci-fi, poetic prose — Alex Peake-Tomkinson quizzes writers from Jessie Burton to Diana Evans on their all-time favourite literary escapes

Evening Standard

Dua Lipa launches her book club

Here's some news for Dua Lipa's fans! It is known that the singer-songwriter is an avid reader, and now she has announced her own book club.

The Times of India

‘A culture, a people, an ethos’: one of the US’s oldest Asian American bookstores closes

As Eastwind Books of Berkeley shutters in California, local residents mourn the loss of a community

The Guardian - US

On World Book Day 2023, publisher Penguin India begins their #FictionAddiction initiative

On World Book and Copyright Day today, publisher Penguin Random House India announced their new nationwide initiative called #FictionAddiction, which aims to inspire people to read fiction.

The Times of India

Max Porter: ‘Empower yourself to think carefully about men and masculinity’

As he releases his fourth novel, ‘Shy’, Max Porter talks to Patrick Sproull about the end of his ‘boyhood’ trilogy, sensitivity readers, and still reading Philip Roth and Ted Hughes

The Independent UK

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2023 Whiting Awards recognize 10 emerging writers

The recipients of the $50,000 prize, which was announced on Wednesday evening, show an exceeding amount of talent and promise, according to the prize's judges.

The Conversation

National Theatre’s Phaedra review: suicide tragedy leaves a bad taste

Suicide is an act so shocking and violent that it undoes not only sensation, memory and feeling, but meaning. Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong describes how it unpicks even the connective tissue of language.

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 books about family secrets

Lies told and truths hidden give compelling life to fiction and memoir by authors from Maggie O’Farrell to Ocean Vuong and Claire Keegan

The Times of India

Anthony Joseph wins TS Eliot prize 2023 for 'Sonnets for Albert'

Poet, novelist, musician, and a lecturer, Anthony Joseph won the TS Eliot Prize 2023 for his poetry collection 'Sonnets for Albert'. Joseph was announced as the winner at an awards ceremony which was held at the Wallace Collection in London, UK on January 16, 2022.

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The Conversation

How autofiction turns the personal into the political

It is timely that the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature went to French writer Annie Ernaux.

Evening Standard

The debut authors you’ll love in 2023

From the Londoner whose first book sold for a whopping seven figures to the food writer being compared to Nora Ephron, Francesca Brown compiles the year’s most hyped new writers ten literary names to know now

The Guardian - UK

The best books to give as presents this Christmas

Authors and Observer critics choose the books they will be giving as gifts this year – and the one they’d like to find in their own stocking

The Guardian - UK

‘That orange, it made me so happy’: 50 poems to boost your mood

Humour, beauty, solace ... the right poem can bring a ray of sunshine. Andrew Motion, Kayo Chingonyi, Tishani Doshi and other poets recommend the verses that lift their spirits

The Guardian - AU

Policy of secrecy leaves authors with ‘no inkling’ works are being set for NSW’s year 12 exams

Delia Falconer and Nikki Gemmell latest writers to find out their works were selected for the HSC – after the exams

The Guardian - UK

Judith Schalansky is ninth author to write secret work for Future Library

The German author’s contribution will remain unseen, alongside contributions from authors including Margaret Atwood and David Mitchell, until 2114

The Times of India

NCT's Jeno becomes first K-Pop idol to open a show at NYFW

K-pop stars are ruling the roost. But you would be surprised to know that there wasn't a single K-Pop idol so far wo walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. And now NCT's Lee Jeno has created history by becoming the first one to do that at the ongoing…

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