Protesting sexism, comic book artists pull out of running for Angoulême Grand Prix
Every year, the Angoulême Comics Festival awards their Grand Prix to a deserving artist whose body of work or contribution to the art form has been deemed especially significant. Past winners include Bill Watterson, Robert… Read more »
20th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest features fan-designed cover
Twenty years after David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest was originally published, the iconic cloud-dappled, block-lettered book cover design has been put to bed. Last August, Wallace’s longtime publisher, Little, Brown, announced… Read more »
Winner of the 2015 Stephen Spender Prize withdraws entry
There’s trouble at the Stephen Spender Prize—this year’s winner, Allen Prowle, has withdrawn his entry and returned his prize money after being accused of plagiarism. The Stephen Spender Prize rewards… Read more »
Siren İdemen wins inaugural Talât Sait Halman Translation Prize
In the wake of the death of influential poet, cultural critic, historian and professor Talât Sait Halman in 2014, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has established the Talât… Read more »
PEN urges Chinese government to free dissident poets Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia
PEN International has called (once again) for the Chinese government to release poet and human rights advocate Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced in 2008 to eleven years in prison for “inciting subversion… Read more »
The 100 best British novels, as chosen by international critics
In this season of “Best of” lists, BBC Culture has outdone everyone. Rather than produce a list of the best books of the year, BBC has compiled a list of… Read more »
Morrissey committed the worst writely sin—now, he’s won the Bad Sex in Fiction award
Morrissey’s debut novel finds itself in good company this week—according the BBC, the Smiths frontman joins Ben Okri, Norman Mailer, Sebastian Faulks, and John Updike as the most recent winner of the Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction prize.… Read more »
Suggestion to foreign writers who want to be published in the US: Win the Nobel
When Svetlana Alexeivich was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature this past October, American readers went in search of titles by the writer known for journalistic works described by the Swedish… Read more »
The best of the worst honored in this year’s Bad Sex Awards
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Literary Review has announced the finalists for the best literary prize around: the Bad Sex Awards. The Bad Sex Awards have taken… Read more »
Who are the richest writers?
It’s awards season, and some high profile winners have already been announced: The Nobel went to Svetlana Alexeivich, Marlon James received the Man Booker, and Ta-Nehisi Coates claimed the National Book Award… Read more »