Zadie Smith, Patti Smith and Mustafa are among the star names to be interviewed by Dua Lipa, as the pop star reveals her presentation of this year’s London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre. The festival, now in its 19th year, will run from October 21 to November 1, with the British award-winning singer shaping
Today, the DAG Foundation announced the winners of its second annual DAG Awards, which award $20,000 to a visual artist, a writer and a musician “whose work expands the possibilities for American art.” Specifically, the DAG Prize for Literature is intended to “support writing that offers significant innovation – for example, at the level of
Publishers Weekly Barnes & Noble picks 15 essential works of American literature, announces this year’s Discover Award winners, a library quiz, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Essential American literature, according to PW Publishers Weekly came up with a
Children’s Literature Festival criticized after request to remove comments on diversity books
Bath Children’s Literature Festival It is facing criticism after its founder emailed writers asking them to remove social media posts about the festival’s lack of diversity at the 2026 event. The authors said that their comments criticizing the festival for lack of representation under a post on the Instagram page were deleted, with the original