Universality by Natasha Brown audiobook review – a sparkling multi-voiced satire A magazine article about stolen gold sparks a culture war between a cast of politically polarised characters The Guardian - UK · Aug 13
Taiwan author wins International Booker for 'slyly sophisticated' novel LONDON - Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for Taiwan Travelogue , a playful postcolonial novel with a culinary bent. Bangkok Post · May 20
Taiwan's Yáng Shuāng-zǐ wins Booker Prize The first Taiwanese writer and her translator have won the International Booker Prize for a novel that explores themes of colonialism, power, class and love. AAP · May 19
First Taiwanese writer and translator win the International Booker Prize Written by Yang Shuang-zi and translated by Lin King, Taiwan Travelogue has become the 11th winner of the literary award. Evening Standard · May 19
Taiwan Travelogue becomes first Mandarin novel to win International Booker Prize Written by Yang Shuang-zi and translated by Lin King, Taiwan Travelogue has become the 11th winner of the literary award The Independent UK · May 19
International Booker prize goes to novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese for the first time Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, pulled off an ‘incredible double feat’ in succeeding as ‘both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel’ The Guardian - UK · May 19
‘Hope, insight and burning humanity’: 2026 International Booker prize shortlist announced The six finalists include Marie NDiaye and Yáng Shuāng-zǐ alongside Daniel Kehlmann’s second nomination for the £50,000 prize The Guardian - UK · Mar 31
Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist Thirteen books make this year’s longlist for translated fiction, which awards a first prize of £50,000 The Guardian - UK · Feb 24
My favourite books are in Amazon’s Big Deal Days sale: Top picks to read before the end of 2025 Whatever your literary catnip may be, it’s time to add steamy, intellectual or spooky books to your winter reading stack Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025
These are my 6 favourite books that can be read in less than a day From Claire Keegan's ‘Small Things Like These’ to Vincenzo Latronico's ‘Perfection’, these novellas are less than 200 pages The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025
The Booker Prize Longlist 2025 is out! Here are the novels to read before the winner is crowned The long-awaited Booker Dozen has finally been announced. We decode what all the novels are about, and where to buy them Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025
Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw Chair of judges Roddy Doyle says the 13 ‘gripping’ titles in contention for the £50,000 award all ‘examine identity, individual or national’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025
A century of Clarissa: Why Mrs Dalloway will forever fascinate us THE READING LIST: As Virginia Woolf’s fourth novel turns 100, Katie Rosseinsky speaks to experts about how this dazzlingly experimental work still has readers and writers under its spell The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
The spring reading list—the page-turners that will have you hooked Featuring truly fine debuts and household names Marie Claire · Apr 4, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025 Universality by Natasha Brown review – a fabulous fable about the politics of storytelling A terrific second novel from the British author of Assembly examines what it means to be truthful – and who really benefits when facts come to light
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2025 Universality by Natasha Brown review – clever satire of identity politics Slyly investigating language and bias in media culture, this follow-up to Assembly confirms Brown as one of the most intelligent voices writing today
The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025 Natasha Brown on her razor-sharp satire Universality: ‘There was absolutely a lot of cringe’ INTERVIEW: The author, who shot to prominence with her 2021 debut novel ‘Assembly’, speaks to Katie Rosseinsky about writing habits, the future, and her button-pushing new book
The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2025 The Long Wave: From the Met Gala to Afcon, 2025 promises to be a bumper year New Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Michael Jackson biopic and more brilliant Black art and culture coming your way in the next 12 months
The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024 Fiction to look out for in 2025 An epic family saga, new novels from Natasha Brown and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, plus a David Szalay masterpiece… the coming year looks good
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024 The best books to look out for in 2025, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Adam Kay 2025: Start planning your reading list for next year with Katie Rosseinsky’s guide to the new novels and non-fiction you shouldn’t miss
The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023 What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2023 Queenie: everything to know about the upcoming Channel 4 adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams’ novel Even thought there are months to wait, anticipation is sky-high for Candice Carty-Williams’ TV adaptation
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5 review – more solipsism than state of the nation The latest celebration of emerging literary talent brings thrills, charm and emotional punch to the page. But this new generation have taken an inward turn compared with the more worldly themes of bygone years
The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023 Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists – meet the class of 23 From Kazuo Ishiguro to Zadie Smith, Granta’s list has been spotlighting future stars since 1983. Four decades on, what does its evolution says about our literary landscape?
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