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Book Ban Expands in Russia
The Russian book distributor BMM has ordered bookshops to “return or destroy” works by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffery Eugenides and the British bestseller Bridget Collins, among others, the BBC reports. It is the latest case of censorship targeting the country’s literary scene. BMM sent a letter to shops at the end of May, seen […]
£75K Prize for 3 Pages
New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel A new competition is offering £75,000 to an aspiring writer based on just three pages of their novel. Actor Emma Roberts, Bridgerton author Julia Quinn and Booker-winning Life of Pi author Yann Martel are among the judges for The Next […]
380 Writers Call Gaza War Genocide
Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating that the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire. “The use of the words ‘genocide’ or ‘acts of genocide’ to describe what […]