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November 10, 2025

Sara Pascoe novel wins inaugural Jilly Cooper award

Weirdo, a novel by comedian, Sara Pascoe, has won the inaugural Jilly Cooper award, named…

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September 29, 2025

New writing prize launched in memory of Hilary Mantel

A new literary prize that champions emerging writers has been set up in memory of…

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August 21, 2025

Polari Prize 2025 cancelled following backlash over ‘TERF’ author’s inclusion

The Polari Prize has this year received a huge backlash following their longlisting of self-declared…

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August 14, 2025

Authors & judges withdraw from Polari Prize due to inclusion of transphobic writer, John Boyne

The Polari Prize 2025 has received criticism, including authors withdrawing their books and judges resigning…

Catherine Muxworthy

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July 10, 2025

Women’s Prize for Non-fiction confirms trans women are eligible

The Women’s Prize Trust, which runs both the Prize for Fiction and Non-fiction, have confirmed…

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December 28, 2023

The For Reading Addicts Book of the Year 2023

Another year comes to a close, our eleventh running For Reading Addicts, and for the…

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January 7, 2022

Robert Maxwell Biography Among Costa Book Award Winners

A biography of Robert Maxwell, father of convicted sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, has won a Costa…

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November 9, 2021

Female winner of 1m Euro literary prize turns out to be three men

A woman who won a €1 million literary prize has turned out to actually be…

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November 6, 2021

Marcus Rashford Named FutureBook Person of the Year

Marcus Rashford MBE has been named FutureBook Person of the Year, and is the fourth…

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October 12, 2021

2021 Nobel Prize Winner Announced

The winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in literature has been announced as Abdulrazak Gurnah,…

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