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Mordecai Kurz argues tech oligarchs erode democracy through monopolies – and predicts how the trend may end

The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly alive’

With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves

Bafta winner tells preview screening in Bristol there is not enough on television about the female perspective

The £20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to Joy Is My Middle Name, a collection about navigating race, addiction and womanhood

Speaking at the Royal Institution, the author and screenwriter linked falling shared reading rates to poverty, housing insecurity and social media

All Her Lives is only the fifth short story collection to win the prestigious NZ$65,000 prize in 58 years

British author Donna Fisher has won the Libraro prize for the unpublished manuscript of her ‘provocative and timely’ book, Sheep’s Clothing

Lai wins $60,000 literary award for her study of a young woman’s repression and rage as she struggles to juggle the needs of those around her

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