British icon Dame Helen Mirren, 80, receives the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Eve gala. She stunned in pink and shared a heartfelt speech. Read more about the ceremony and her legendary career.
British icon Dame Helen Mirren receives the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Eve ceremony, stunning in pink and delivering a witty, hopeful speech. Read more.
Academy Award winner Olivia Colman reveals she keeps her Oscar hidden behind a book, calling it 'showy-offy'. The star vows to proudly display her Bake Off trophy instead.
Academy Award winner Olivia Colman reveals she keeps her Oscar hidden behind a book, calling it 'showy-offy'. The star vows to proudly display her Bake Off trophy instead.
Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson is set to receive his first major Hollywood accolade, the Oscar Wilde award, in March 2025. Discover the versatile career of this critically praised performer.
Newly uncovered Royal Literary Fund files expose financial hardships of literary icons including James Joyce, Sylvia Plath and Dylan Thomas through personal letters and documents.
Lucy Steeds' 'The Artist' has been crowned Waterstones Book of the Year 2025, securing the prestigious literary award and a major promotional campaign across all UK stores.
Counterpoints wins £15,000 Footnote X Prize for illuminating refugee experiences through literature. Discover how this award champions migrant voices in UK publishing.
Rabih Alameddine wins 2025 National Book Award for fiction with powerful speech addressing crises in Gaza and US immigration. Read the full story.
Acclaimed British acting legend Dame Helen Mirren is set to receive the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2025 Golden Globes, celebrating her extraordinary six-decade career.
Australian literary legend Helen Garner secures major UK literary honour for her revealing final volume of diaries, 'How to End a Story', offering unprecedented insight into her creative process and personal life.
Comedian and author Sara Pascoe triumphs at Women in Print Awards, taking home the Jilly Cooper prize for her bestselling novel 'Weirdo' in a celebration of female literary talent.
In an unprecedented move, the prestigious Forward Prize for Poetry crowns two champions as Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie share the 2025 honour, marking a groundbreaking moment in literary awards history.
The Swedish Academy honours the Hungarian author for his 'monumental prose and unique vision' in a stunning announcement for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy reveals the 2025 Nobel Literature laureate in a highly anticipated announcement from Stockholm, celebrating exceptional literary achievement and global impact.
The prestigious National Book Award shortlist features acclaimed authors Bryan Washington and Rabih Alameddine among twenty exceptional finalists across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature categories.
Yorkshire author Colwill Brown wins prestigious BBC National Short Story Award 2025 for 'You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle,' celebrated for its authentic regional dialect and emotional depth.
The prestigious Booker Prize shortlist for 2024 has been announced, featuring six exceptional novels that explore themes of identity, history, and the human condition, with authors from the UK, US, and Ireland vying for the £50,000 award.
The filmmaker's debut novel, a philosophical tale of a man's search for meaning, receives a mixed reception from critics who question its literary merits.
A groundbreaking biography uncovers Raymond Chandler's profound admiration for Franz Kafka, revealing how the Czech writer's bleak vision shaped the hardboiled detective genre.
The prestigious Booker Prize 2025 shortlist has been revealed, featuring literary giants Kiran Desai and David Szalay alongside four other exceptional authors. Discover the six novels competing for the £50,000 prize.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker joins the International Booker Prize judging panel, championing global literature and translation, amidst discussions on celebrity influence in literary awards.
Discover the 13 exceptional novels longlisted for the prestigious 2025 Booker Prize, featuring a diverse mix of established literary giants and exciting debut voices from across the globe.
The 2023 Booker Prize ceremony in London marked a watershed moment for literature, as authors of Indian origin dominated the shortlist and claimed the coveted award, signalling a shift in the British literary landscape.
The Booker Prize judges have revealed the six novels competing for the 2025 award, featuring a diverse mix of established authors and emerging voices in contemporary fiction.
The Man Booker Prize 2025 shortlist showcases six extraordinary novels, featuring literary heavyweights Kiran Desai and David Szalay, praised for their 'brilliantly human' storytelling.
A modest New York burger joint has stunned the culinary world by beating fierce competition to win the prestigious 'America's Best Burger' award. Discover the secret behind their winning creation.
Explore the hidden gem of Wigtown in Scotland, a picturesque book lover's paradise with surprising royal links and award-winning attractions.
Acclaimed author Richard Beard unveils his groundbreaking novel 'Universal Turing Machine', a profound exploration of Alan Turing's life and legacy that challenges conventional biography through speculative fiction.
Acclaimed cartoonist Tom Gauld reveals the comical reality behind literary success in his latest Guardian cartoon strip, offering a witty commentary on the publishing world's obsession with bestseller lists.