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August 1, 2025

Children’s author, Allan Ahlberg, dies aged 87

Much-loved children’s author, Allan Ahlberg, has died at the age of 87, his publisher Penguin…

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July 30, 2025

Jane Austen sees best sales in 15 years, as publishing industry celebrates 250th birthday

250 years after her birth and over 200 since her death, writer Jane Austen’s book…

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July 15, 2025

Celebrated queer poet and activist, Andrea Gibson, dies age 49

American queer poet and activist, Andrea Gibson, has sadly passed away at the age of…

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July 9, 2025

The Salt Path: Beloved Memoir or Literary Deception? The Controversy Surrounding Raynor Winn

When Raynor Winn’s memoir The Salt Path hit shelves in 2018, it quickly became a…

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July 4, 2025

Stephen King: The Dollar Baby Concept

The “Dollar Baby” concept: Since the late 1970s/early 1980s, Stephen King has allowed student filmmakers,…

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June 20, 2025

British Library symbolically reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card

The British Library are symbolically reinstating the reader card of renowned Irish poet, playwright, and…

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June 7, 2025

Edmund White, pioneer in LGBTQ+ literature, dies at 85

Edmund White, a writer widely regarded as a pioneering figure in the world of LGBTQ+…

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May 18, 2025

Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar (27) who stabbed and partially blinded novelist, Sir Salman Rushdie during a lecture…

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April 5, 2025

Meta Accused of Using Authors’ Work Without Permission: The AI Copyright Battle

A growing number of British authors are speaking out against Meta, the tech giant behind…

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February 9, 2025

George Orwell commemorated with new coin

George Orwell – author of many titles including Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four – has…

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