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Howe’s ‘exceptional’ Foretokens took the main £10,000 award, while Nur Turkmani, Tara Bergin and Biff Smith swept up the remaining categories

Events in Ireland explore origins of Gulliver’s Travels, the Dublin clergyman’s book that became an instant hit in 1726

Irish and Welsh authors Chris Haughton and Nicola Davies show solidarity after Rooney’s support for Palestine Action

Novelist says demise of Britain’s ‘incredible’ welfare system and housing struggles have led to deeper divisions

The bestselling writer, known as Japan’s enfant terrible, explored the dark underbelly of Japanese society in more than 40 works of subversive fiction including Audition, later made into a landmark indie horror movie

Other prizes at Freedom from Torture event include rare Mary Wollstonecraft book illustrated by William Blake

The Yorkshire-born author says that the 1,000 word competition is for people ‘just living their lives being quietly hilarious’

Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novel

Booksellers have reported selling out of the Irish novelist’s works after it was announced that her books would be withdrawn from sale in the UK