20+ hour, 17+ min ago  (363+ words) I break betting odds news as it happens, so you're never left behind when the market moves or a top offer lands. The shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize has been officially announced, with bookmakers quickly pricing up the contenders....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (176+ words) The longlist for the 2026 Sunday Times Literary Awards was announced last night at an event hosted by the Kingsmead Book Fair in Johannesburg. The partners for the longlist announcement, Dry Dock boutique liquor store and world-class Stellenbosch wine producer Glenelly…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (623+ words) The Indian Express International Booker Prize at 10: How it became the face of literature in translation A decade since its reinvention, the award has worked to give translators, independent publishers a seat at the global table "translation allows writing to…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (244+ words) People behind the Palanca Awards are now accepting entries for the 76th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, widely regarded as the country's most prestigious literary competition. Organized by the'Palanca Foundation, Inc. , the annual awards welcome Filipino citizens and former Filipino…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (284+ words) Taiwan Travelogue (), which earlier this week became the first Taiwanese novel to win the International Booker Prize, is to be adapted into a television series through a Taiwan-Japan coproduction, producer Chang Chen-yu () said yesterday. Chang, a producer at World Softest…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1115+ words) Winning author Y'ng Shu'ng-z, and winning translator Lin King, during the International Booker Prize 2026 at the ceremony at Tate Modern, London. Translated fiction has been steadily on the rise over the last decade, bolstered by independent publishers willing to take…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (68+ words) Six books shortlisted for the Mc Dermid Debut Award 2026 The Bookseller Six books shortlisted for the Mc Dermid Debut Award 2026 Register to read for FREE. Serious about the book trade? Want full access? Subscribe from just "3. 65 a week and unlock…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (392+ words) Twelve self-published authors from across the UK and Ireland have been shortlisted for the third annual Ink Book Prize, an award created to celebrate the creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of independent publishing. Founded in 2024 by publishing entrepreneurs Abiola Bello…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (630+ words) Translator, poet, and And Other Stories founder and publisher Stefan Tobler talks about taking risks with literature, and what's next for the award-winning indie publisher after "Taiwan Travelogue' by Y'ng Shu'ng-z, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King, took home…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (392+ words) London: Taiwanese author Y'ng Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday, Ma 19, for "Taiwan Travelogue," a historical romance set in Japan-occupied Taiwan in the 1930s. It is the first novel written in Mandarin Chinese to win…...