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Feminist essay a must-read for 16-year-old Swedes
Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay is now being distributed in Swedish to high-school pupils.
Tolkien’s precision revealed in a map
Correspondence between Tolkien and the late and acclaimed illustrator gives further details about the sometimes thorny relationship between the two.
Stephen King to receive National Medal of Arts from Barack Obama
The United States president will present the novelist with the highest award for artists given by the US government.
Great Scott! Another Fitzgerald story
A 8 000-word story by F Scott Fitzgerald has been discovered in the archives of Princeton University.
Harper Lee’s Watchman – a novel hiding in plain sight
Harper Lee’s lawyer, Tonja Carter, says there may be a third novel by Lee.
Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman is finally here
As its Tuesday launch creates frenzy in the literary world, the novel's first chapter reveals a voice recognisable to that of To Kill a Mockingbird.
‘Go Set A Watchman’ is Harper Lee’s first novel in more than 50 years
Completed in the mid-50s but lost for more than 50 years, the novel was written before 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and features Scout as an adult.
If Dan Brown can write, so can robots
The Hoshi prize hopes stories created by artificial intelligences (AIs) will soon go up against those written by humans in the competition.
Syrian wins ‘writer of courage’ prize
Samar Yazbek was named by British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy as international "writer of courage" with whom she will share the Pen/Pinter prize.
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Economic ramifications of Covid-19
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BCX empowers its finance staff with professional accounting qualifications
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