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Brand Taylor wins Story Prize for 'Filthy Animals'

Taylor's debut novel 'Real Life' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize but his win for 'Filthy Animals' is his first publishing award.

14/04/2022

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Olga Tokarczuk and Jon Fosse on International Booker 2022 shortlist

Tokarczuk's vast The Books of Jacob and Fosse's A New Name: Septology VI-VII are, judges say, among six 'wildly different' works that all in part address trauma.

07/04/2022

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Why are book bans and librarian threats skyrocketing in US schools?

Backed by lawmakers, parents are complaining at a higher rate than ever about the racial and sexual themes in school library books.

04/04/2022

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Five dystopian novels for the 21st century

With the climate crisis and pandemics on everyone's minds, it's time for a new wave of dystopian fiction. Here are Euronews' top 5 modern dystopian novels.

04/04/2022

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Is Amazon's ebook return policy ruining authors' careers?

A petition launched on change.org has been made to tackle Amazon's policy of allowing users to return books no matter how much they've read.

02/04/2022

Green News

Greta Thunberg is publishing a handbook for tackling climate change

The climate activist says it will help readers connect the dots between threats to the climate, environment, sustainability and indigenous populations.

01/04/2022

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Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book amid critique

In a 69-page written “refutation,” six historians and academics describe the cold case team’s findings as “a shaky house of cards.”

23/03/2022

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Ink and Blood: How has Ukrainian Literature changed since 2014?

Euronews takes a look at Ukraine's most vital wartime writers and the onset of 'veteran' literature.

09/03/2022

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Europe's largest open-air bookstore is about to begin a new chapter

18 new 'bouquinistes' will be allocated an iconic space on the River Seine after the mayor's office put out a call for applications.

22/02/2022

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Star of 'Umbrella Academy' Elliot Page announces memoir for 2023

Page was already a successful actor on his high-profile coming out as transgender in 2020, the memoir will cover the highs and lows of his experience.

18/02/2022

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Crowds at the 10th Taiwan Comics and Animation Festival

Taiwanese comics fans flocked to the opening of the Taipei Comics and Animation Festival.

10/02/2022

Moments

Book yourself onto these literary trips for the story of a lifetime

From a Grand Tour to a stay in Hunter S. Thompson's cabin, these experiences are unmissable for book lovers.

08/02/2022

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Publishing pulled on controversial Anne Frank cold case book

'The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation' landed in Europe's bookstores on January 18 to a mixed reception and mounting scrutiny about the claims it makes.

31/01/2022

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'Orwellian' ban sees Holocaust book removed from school curriculums

A district ruling in Tennessee, US, will ban the Pulitzer-winning 1991 graphic novel 'Maus' from its Holocaust education programme on the grounds of "nudity" and "language".

28/01/2022

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Author who died before his work was published nominated for NBCC

Anthony Veasna So's book "Afterparties" was widely anticipated when he died and joins notable names on the National Book Critics Circle nominees list.

21/01/2022

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January 21 marks anniversary of first printed American novel

Brown's book touched a nerve in the local community as its content was closely aligned to a real-life scandal.

21/01/2022

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Michel Houellebecq's new novel Anéantir anticipates France in 2027

Loved and admired by many, certainly, but bring up his name in a French bar and you'll immediately generate a debate. All agree he is provocative.

07/01/2022

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Publishing industry whodunnit solved as Italian arrested in New York

Schemes involving the illegal collection of unpublished works had been taking place from at least August 2016 through July of 2021.

07/01/2022

Culture news

Cakes, cooking and crime: Amazon's best selling books of 2021

From cake recipes to crime-solving pensioners, these were the top ten best selling books of 2021 on Amazon.

30/12/2021

Culture news

Euroviews. Culture 2021 Year in Review - Lily Lindon: Publishing industry

2021. Great for independent bookshops, not so crash hot for new writers. Meet the woman writer who knows the industry from both sides.

29/12/2021