Lucy Steeds has won the 2025 Waterstones debut fiction prize for her novel The Artist, which has been praised for its “atmospheric, sensory prose.” Set in an artist’s household in 1920s Provence, the novel follows aspiring English journalist Joseph Adelaide, reclusive painter Edouard Tartuffe and his niece Ettie, who has her own hidden artistic ambitions. […]
The Booker longlist has been announced, featuring 13 titles that make up the so-called ‘Booker dozen’. The longlist features five British authors, while also encapsulating a vast range of global experiences. The 13 novels transport readers to a farm in southern Malaysia, a Hungarian housing estate and a small coastal town in Greece. They shine […]
Swift Press has bought Woody Allen’s debut novel, What’s with Baum? Publication is scheduled for September 2025. Publisher Mark Richards bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada from Susanna Lea at Susanna Lea Associates on behalf of David Vigliano and John Burnham. The novel’s synopsis reads: “Asher Baum is a middle-aged Jewish journalist turned novelist […]
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Jan 29-Feb 2, 2025 The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature brings people from around the world together in the heart of Dubai each year. This celebration transcends borders and languages as talented writers entertain,...
Più Libri Più Liberi, Italy 4 – 8 December Più libri is the first Italian fair dedicated exclusively to independent publishing where every year around 500 publishers, coming from all over Italy, present their news and their catalog to the public. Website:...
