Sweden Nobel laureates receive awards at boycotted ceremony The decision to award Austrian Author Peter Handke with the 2019 Literature Prize has led to a backlash over his support of the late former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. 10/12/2019
Smart Regions Tales and tech to kindle love of books in kindergarten kids An innovative project combines old-fashioned storytelling with digital technology in Estonia and Latvia to kindle a new love of books among kindergarten children. 02/12/2019
United Kingdom 'Creative genius': Satirist and director Jonathan Miller dies aged 85 Jonathan Miller, satirist and director of opera and theatre, dies aged 85 27/11/2019
Inspire Middle East SIBF: Letters to a Young Muslim author Omar Saif Ghobash talks freedom to write The 38thedition of the Sharjah International Book Fair was held from October 30th until November 9th 2019. 08/11/2019
Inspire Middle East How UAE educators are looking to redefine literacy for children Conjuring up ideas to engage children with books is what Emirati author and illustrator Maitha Al Khayat has been doing for more than ten years. 08/11/2019
brussels bureau In Ukraine, 'Europe' means life without corruption, Andrei Kurkov Through his books, the writer Andrei Kurkov has discovered the many faces of Ukraine, a country that remains in the eye of the hurricane. 11/10/2019
Sweden Watch again: Swedish Academy awards two Nobel Prizes in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature is going to be awarded to two laureates in 2019. 10/10/2019
United Kingdom For sale: Reading jail, where Oscar Wilde was punished for gay sex The upcoming sale has drawn criticism from campaigners who had hoped to turn the facility into an arts center to honour the Irish writer's legacy. 03/10/2019
View New Handmaid's Tale sequel proves Margaret Atwood is as sharp as ever ǀ View “The Testaments” is a gripping read that goes down so easily, people may not realize what a progressive piece they’re devouring. 13/09/2019
brussels bureau Book Worms: Autumn Political Reads We ask booksellers and political scientists what to read this Autumn to understand the latest trends in Europe. 13/09/2019
United Kingdom Margaret Atwood's sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale' hits the bookshelves The follow up to the best-selling 1985 dystopian novel has already been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, a week before it was launched. 10/09/2019
Israel Watch: Wealth of unpublished Kafka manuscripts unveiled Before his death in 1924, Kafka left all of his work to his friend and editor Max Brod, instructing him to burn every manuscript without reading it. 08/08/2019
USA Toni Morrison championed and chastised presidents She called Bill Clinton "our first black president" — a turn of phrase that stirred years of debate, and for which she later expressed a measure of regret.. 06/08/2019
USA Award-winning US novelist Toni Morrison dies aged 88 US novelist Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, dies aged 88 06/08/2019
Russia Who is your favourite Russian writer? Euronews went to Moscow and asked locals about their favourite Russian authors. 25/07/2019
USA Hundreds of Hemingway look-alikes take part in annual US contest The Hemingway Days celebrations this year marked what would have been the writer's 120th birthday. 22/07/2019
Italy Italian film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96 Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director acclaimed for his work in film, theatre and opera, has died at the age of 96. 15/06/2019
Art and Design Future Library: connecting literature, art and the environment Just outside Oslo, a forest is being grown from scratch for this purpose. 12/06/2019
Inspire Middle East How did Sharjah become the 2019 World Book Capital? H.E. Bodour Al Qasimi explains The emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates was recently elected the UNESCO World Book Capital for 2019. 07/06/2019
United Kingdom Crowdfunding plea to keep Lady Chatterley's Lover in UK A crowdfunding site has raised tens of thousands of pounds to try to keep the Lady Chatterley's Lover copy that was used in the 1960 obscenity trial in the United Kingdom. 25/05/2019
USA Read Roald Dahl's poignant letter begging parents to vaccinate against measles A vaccine came too late for his daughter, Olivia. 12/04/2019
Spain Romanian-born poet Miguel Gane reflects on European identity Road Trip Europe: Romanian-born poet Miguel Gane reflects on European identity 02/04/2019
Cult 'I have a project for peace in the Middle East' — writer Marek Halter "It wasn't easy ... when you decide to write your memoirs, it means you accept the idea that life is already behind you." Writer and activist Marek Halter spoke to Isabelle Kumar on Euronews' Cult programme about the challenges of penning his memoirs. 11/03/2019
Smart Regions Digitising Slovakia's literary heritage for posterity Smart Regions meets the experts digitising and preserving millions of books in order to safeguard Slovakia's cultural heritage. 07/03/2019
Sweden Swedish Academy to award two Nobel literature prizes this year The Nobel Foundation last year stopped the Swedish Academy from handing out the award after a string of sexual misconduct allegations against the husband of one of its board members threw the institution into crisis mode. 05/03/2019
United Kingdom Charles Dickens tried to get his wife into asylum, letters reveal "He discovered at last that she had outgrown his liking. She had borne ten children and had lost many of her good looks, was growing old, in fact," a recently-unearthed letter revealed. 24/02/2019
