For me, and I take this line unapologetically, it is ignorant to rank African and indeed world writers by their perceived ...

On Writers and Writing” gathers 21 pieces by the great author, including a confident critique of Dickens when James was just 22 ...

Community of Literary Magazines and Presses awarded the 2025 Firecracker award to “Obligations to the Wounded” by Minnesota writer Mubanga Kalimamukwento (University of Pittsburgh Press).

Inside the ‘Anti-Woke’ Literary Scene Growing in L.A. They felt excluded by "millennial moral censorship" — but is their work pushing boundaries, or just pushing buttons?

In the popular novel The German Lesson, a character based on Nolde falls victim to Nazi policies on “degenerate art”. Recent research on the painter’s life tells a more complex story.

The Adversary, a story of sibling rivalry set in 19th-century Newfoundland, by Canadian author Michael Crummey, has won the 30th annual Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000.

Lake Literary Center in downtown Fond du Lac has a bit of everything for readers & writers Erica Floyd, former director of marketing at Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, opened Lake Literary ...

Mark Twain was a literary celebrity with a moral compass Ron Chernow has produced an exhaustive biography of a giant of American letters ...

The EBRD Literature Prize celebrates outstanding literary works in English translation by writers from countries where the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invests.

The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) was the first of its kind in Canadian literature: a book festival celebrating diverse authors both at home and beyond. The festival takes place in ...

A new exhibition at the King’s Gallery, London, on the aesthetics of the Edwardian age includes more than 300 items—paintings, photos, books, fashion, ceramics, jewellery—nearly half of ...

Rachel Kushner joins Kim Gordan to kick off Mission Creek's literary lineup. What other literary events should you attend during the festival?