Two previously unknown poems by Virginia Woolf have been found in a library at the University of Texas at Austin. They are said to have been written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.

The 172nd Akutagawa literary prize was awarded Wednesday to authors Jose Ando and Yui Suzuki, while Shin Iyohara took home the Naoki Prize. The Akutagawa Prize, given to up-and-coming writers for ...

Seven Irish authors have made the (very) longlist of 71 books nominated by libraries in 34 countries for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work ...

It’s 2025. We are living in the future! I was hoping to have assembled some kind of grand, unified theory about how we got here, and where we’re headed — encompassing the future of U.S ...

Start planning and bookmarking your 2025 calendar with these literary festivals nationwide. Please note this list will be updated throughout the year as more festivals finalise their dates and program ...

T here’s a conservative turn happening in literary studies, although it hasn’t received much public attention. Those involved certainly haven’t banded together under a banner. In literature ...

He seemed to be constantly in touch with everyone: his literary remains include fifteen thousand letters written to some thirteen hundred people. And he was usually juggling an armful of projects ...

Half a dozen years after the death of Queen Njinga of Ndongo in 1663, a Capuchin priest called Antonio da Gaeta published an admiring biography in which he ranked this ‘highly noble lady’ alongside ...

Drama. Author Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a Guernsey farmer inviting her to attend his literary society. What Juliet discovers on the island leads to her staying much longer than planned.