The Forward Prizes for Poetry program again announces four categories of shortlistees together worth £17,000 in cash awards.
Italy is Guest of Honor at the 2025 Lima Book Fair
The 29th Lima International Book Fair opens this week with Guest of Honor Italy on-hand for the 20-day run of the show.
Facing US State Department Grant Terminations, Christopher Merrill Wins the 2025 Ottaway Award
Christopher Merrill in March reported the termination of US State Department grants for Iowa’s International Writing Program, which he directs.
The Windham-Campbell Prizes’ 2025 $1.4 Million Writers
Irish, Trinidadian-Scottish, Irish, and US writers are among the 2025 laureates of the annual Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth $175,000 each.
‘Rural Hours’: Harriet Baker Wins the UK’s Young Writer Award
The 2025 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Trust Young Writer honor in the United Kingdom goes to Harriet Baker.
Scotland’s Highland Book Prize Names Its Longlist
Scotland’s Highland Book Prize longlist features nonfiction, fiction, and poetry this year, an award for trade publishers and authors.
Richard Charkin: Exchanging Books With His Barber
Richard Charkin discovers that his barber from Türkiye is a writer whose translator is a retired electrical engineer.
Exuberance, Concern: The 75th US National Book Awards
‘Hard times are coming,’ Ruth Dickey tells the celebrants at the US National Book Awards’ 75th awards ceremony in New York City.
English PEN Announces the Heaney Prize’s First Poetry Shortlist
A shortlist of six poetry titles has been announced for the new PEN Heaney Prize from Irish PEN and the UK’s English PEN.
Translation: ALTA’s 2024 Winners in Prose and Poetry
Translations from French and Italian, by Cole Swenson and Jamie Richards respectively, win ALTA’s 2024 National Translation Awards.