Today, Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundationwhich “celebrates writers whose work demonstrates the power of the written word to promote peace,” announced the finalists for its 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize (for books published in 2025). Each winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize, and the first runner-up will receive a $5,000 cash prize. Here are
(On June 16, 1976, the youth of Soweto, Johannesburg’s overwhelmingly black township, rose up to protest a new rule making Afrikaans the language of instruction in their schools—a language most people did not know well. They were led by Tsitsi Mashinini, a charismatic high schooler. The nationwide outburst Tsitsi made that day would change South
Last year, publishing power couple Roxanne Gay and Debbie Millman acquired dear online lit mag The Rumpus. Today the new leaders celebrated their launch rebranded site With new essays, fiction, and fresh design. The Rumpus was founded by author Stephen Elliott and launched in 2009 out of San Francisco. Under Elliott’s editorial purview, the site
Honored Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro behind never let Me Go And remains of the day, Has announced his next novel. Miss Lambert steps on danger-a detective story set in the 1930s-will be published by Knopf (US, Canada) and Faber (UK) on March 9, 2027. Guardian reports, “The novel follows Richard Hadley as he encounters the
In Emily Henry’s book “People We Meet on Vacation”, the protagonists take several trips, including an important trip to Croatia. This summer, travel company EF Ultimate Break will offer a 12 day trip to croatia Based on the book. part of a new BookTok-inspired series In the voyages, the itinerary shadows the storyline with visits
Last night, at a ceremony, the New York Public Library announced the winner of its Young Lions Fiction AwardWhich celebrates fiction by writers aged 35 and under. this year’s winner is carrie r moore For make your way home; She will take home a $10,000 purse. This year’s judges were Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya, Raven Leilani
The best of literary internet Today: 1816, at Villa Diodati, Lord Byron reads Phantasmagoriana Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori then challenge each guest to write a ghost story, with Mary Shelley writing the novel at the end. frankensteinJohn Polidori is writing the short story “The Vampire” and Byron is writing the
by definition, utopia cannot exist. In 1516, educated readers of Thomas More’s Utopia would have appreciated the tension between two possible etymologies of this novel word: the Greek “eu-topos”, meaning good place, and “ou-topos”, meaning no place at all. It might have been a brief warning that one should never attempt to turn utopia into
Madeleine Schwartz recommends Bruna Dantas Lobato, Uwem Akpan, Maeve Brennan and others I’ve spent much of my career reporting outside the United States, but in recent years, many of my interviews have ended the same way: with me being asked questions about what’s happening at home. The world is watching the changing politics in the
The beloved British artist David Hockney, who died last week aged 88, was celebrated for his vibrant paintings, his innovative techniques and his delightful kookiness. He, like many visionary people and other people who know what is good for them, loved fairy tales. In 1969, Hockney made 39 carvings Based on six of her favorite