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Piasecki’s ‘electric’ performance of Almost Certainly wins new award that recognises spoken word artists, while Malika Booker, Jason Allen-Paisant and Momtaza Mehri also scoop up prizes

In this sequel of sorts to The Magpie Wing, a group of thirtysomethings share the rent in Sydney, searching for solidarity and meaning in a sterile, gentrifying world

The influential Caine Prize for African Writing for 2023 was won by a power couple from Senegal. Their short story A Soul of Small Places (which can be read over here) echoes deeper trends in the country’s literature while picking up on the growth of horror and speculative fiction across…

HARRY Potter author JK Rowling made a rare public appearance to speak at a women’s rights conference branded “transphobic” by campaigners ...

Benji Davies returns with more coastal charms, lonely animals find acceptance – plus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s tale about a toddler

Suhani Shah, India's first female mentalist, mind reader, illusionist and magician, has been performing since age 6. She dropped out of school in 1st grade, but worked hard to write her best-selling book ‘Unleash Your Inner Power. ‘Suhani has given over 5,000 shows worldwide and is the most subscribed and…

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Stephen Rubin, a longtime publishing executive with an eye for bestsellers and a passion for music and public life, has died