Desperate Literature launches crowdfunding for new chapter
Desperate Literature crowdfunding for relocation and renovation in Madrid, seeking €25,000 to preserve literary culture.
Hay Festival suspends Baillie Gifford sponsor amid pressure
Hay Festival suspends Baillie Gifford sponsorship amid industry pressure over fossil fuel and Israeli investments.
Will You Read This, Please? writers on mental health storytelling
Mental health through stories at the Southbank Centre, featuring Joanna Cannon’s new anthology Will You Read This, Please?
Selahattin Demirtaş: Turkish court sentences writer to 42 years in prison
Kurdish writer Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced to 42 years by Turkish court on ‘terrorist propaganda’ charges.
Writers boycott Hay Festival over sponsorship concerns
Labour MP Dawn Butler among writers withdrawing from Hay Festival due to its sponsorship by Baillie Gifford over ethical concerns.
Salman Rushdie criticised for Palestinian ‘Taliban-like’ state comments
Sir Salman Rushdie faces criticism for comments likening a potential Palestinian state to a “Taliban-like state.”
Reading Well for Dementia launched in some libraries
Discover the new Reading Well for Dementia collection by The Reading Agency at public libraries across England and Wales.
Johann Hari sorry over incorrect book claims about Jay Rayner and other controversies
Johann Hari and Bloomsbury apologise for wrongly claiming Jay Rayner used the diabetes drug Ozempic and other controversies.
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud on trauma and its link to land – review
Noreen Masud explores flat landscapes as mirrors to her complex PTSD in “A Flat Place,” blending personal trauma and environmental metaphors.
Literary coalition call on Baillie Gifford to cut ties with Israeli defence on Nakba anniversary
Fossil Free Books urges Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels and companies linked to Israeli apartheid on Nakba anniversary.