Irish writers Donal Ryan and Colin Barrett are among the shortlisted nominees for this year's Nero Book Awards.

James’ poetry and prose have won many awards, including the Scintilla Welsh Open Poetry Competition, the WOW award, a Biscuit International Prize for short stories, the Cecil Day Lewis Award and a ...

From frozen to fearless - let it all go and release that voice’: author Tuula Costelloe on the writing of her novel, Mercy.

Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times, New York Times and Amazon Kindle UK No. 1 bestselling writer of crime fiction.

The Society of Authors (SoA) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Translation Prizes ceremony, on 12 February 2025.

Competition deadline: 28th February 2025 Edinburgh Young Adult Novel Award. Entries open now for writers ...

My Journey from Screenwriter to Novelist. For the first half of my life, I immersed myself in all things cinematic.

The IHS International Haiku Competition offers prizes of Euro 200, Euro 60, and Euro 40 for unpublished haiku/senryu in ...

The winners of the 2024 An Post Irish Book Awards have been announced, with authors Sally Rooney and Sam Blake among the ...

Ruth Frances Long, Author of The Book of Gold, on Inspiration, Research and Historical Fantasy . . . Once upon a time I fell in love with a book. Not an uncommon occurrence. We’ve all done it at one ...

The John Calder Translation Prize, an annual award for English translations of ‘ambitious, groundbreaking’ works opens for submissions in January. The Society of Authors is delighted to announce the ...