Book Review: The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Novels about race and societal discrimination are gaining prominence these days, largely due to troubling reports of horrible treatment being meted out to black... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Paul Beatty wins Man Booker Prize 2016

The American author Paul Beatty was awarded the £50,000 2016 Man Booker Prize last week for his book The Sellout, a comedic satire on racial politics in the USA... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Man Booker Prize Winner Announced

Possibly the biggest news in the book world over the past week was the reveal of who won this year’s Man Booker International Prize. Han Kang, from Korea, was v... Read More...

Book News Roundup: BBC to adapt Zadie Smith’s London-set novel ‘NW’

New BBC adaptations of our favourite novels are in the works! The channel has had recent, blistering success with the Tom Hiddleston-starring The Night Manager,... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Marlon James Wins This Year’s Man Booker Prize

Marlon James, a Jamaican novelist of The Book of Night Women, has won this year’s Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings: an account o... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Tributes Pour In For British Author Jackie Collins

Over the weekend British author Jackie Collins, the glamorous well-known writer of salaciously steamy romance novels, sadly passed away at the age of 77 in her ... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: The Man Booker Prize Longlist Is Revealed

The Man Booker Prize longlist for 2015 has been revealed. This is only the second year in which authors from all countries around the world could be eligible fo... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman Causes Controversy

In the biggest bookish news of the week, an extract published early for Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman has caused scandal among readers, as it has revealed the ... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: Watch the new Me and Earl and the Dying Girl trailer

For anyone wanting a new YA adaptation to obsess over, a new international trailer has been released for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, based on the novel of 2... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: Prize Shortlists and Harper Lee’s Cover Revealed

Publishers Cornerstone have now revealed the cover for Harper Lee’s hugely anticipated Go Set a Watchman and we love it. View the cover below: The Man Booker I... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: New-Era Man Booker Prize Shortlist Revealed

There is now a shortlist of potential winners for this year’s Man Booker Prize. For the first time in the award’s history, authors from the U.S. have been eligi... Read More...

Literature News Roundup: Man Booker Longlist Revealed

The prestigious Man Booker prize has now announced its thirteen authors who will be vying for the award: impressive bragging rights and £50,000. For the first t... Read More...