Booklightethiopia

20/06/2018

The acclaimed author answers questions from our readers and famous fans on the state of modern India, the threat of AI, and why sometimes only fiction can fully address the world

18/06/2018

Book towns started with Hay-on-Wye; now there are communities around the world that celebrate the written word. In this extract from a new book, the author picks 10 to leaf through – and visit

14/06/2018

28/04/2018

Thanks in part to the success of Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction has become one to watch. Saadawi's tale of murder and monsters in US-occupied Iraq won the award in 2014 and (part of the prize is funding for an English translation) it has now been....

17/04/2018

A whopper of a week for the Man Booker prizes: the announcement of the Man Booker International Prize shortlist finds itself jostling – in a sibling manner – with the revealing of the Man Booker's all-singing all-dancing 50th anniversary celebrations in the summer. The rise of the Man Booker Int...

15/03/2018

Designed to celebrate and illustrate five decades of the program's work, participants, and accomplishments. Discover a window into our archive, maps visualizing the program's global reach, a timeline of milestones, and so much more.

01/03/2018