The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Annie Ernaux.

Ernaux, 82, called it a “very great honour” and “a great responsibility”.

Celebrated Canadian poet Rupi Kaur's collection, milk and honey, is facing challenges over its contents from parent groups in some U.S. states, such as Texas.

'Guerre' (War) a novel written by one of France's most controversial literary figures, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, is set to arrive in bookstores on Thursday, some 78 years after its manuscript disappeared. A new exhibition in Paris aims to...

The book is being sold on behalf of an anonymous seller "who wishes to make certain of the work's future preservation."

The 14th Emirates Airline Festival of Literature has opened in Dubai. Cult caught up with to bestselling children’s author David Walliams, Lucinda Dickens-Hawksley, the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, and Emirati...

Raith Rovers have reneged on their signing of David Goodwillie who was found guilty by a judge of raping a woman in 2017.

Raith Rovers have reneged on their signing of David Goodwillie who was found guilty by a judge of raping a woman in 2017.

Hans Christian Andersen is being celebrated in his hometown of Odense, with a new museum designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, which combines biographical elements with a fantasy world.

Euronews Culture explores how one boy wizard – accompanied by friends and foes – influenced Europe's food, fandoms, sports, and more.

British novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, received his medal on Monday in London.

The judges called Galgut's novel a "tour de force."

Durban in South Africa is the first UNESCO City of Literature on the African continent.

From 20 to 24 October, Frankfurt Book Fair will welcome visitors from all around the world, but in a smaller edition due to the pandemic.

Swedish Academy recognises Tanzanian novelist’s ‘uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’.

The Nobel Committee have just announced novelist and academic Abdulrazak Gurnah as this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. We reflect on the achievements that got him there.

Swedish Academy recognises Tanzanian novelist’s ‘uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’.

We look at the lives and legacies of three journalists who broke the mould.

Gluck honoured for her ‘unmistakable poetic voice’, Swedish Academy says.

While the lockdowns across Europe continue, in Belgium there’s one exception to the rules on shopping. Bookstores can remain open because they sell newspapers and some are doing so as a public service. At Filigranes bookstore in...

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's first collection was started in 1925, and today, it is among the oldest and largest collections of materials documenting the history and culture of people of African descent in the...

Ngũgĩ was often considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature and was recognized globally, including being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winning the Pak Kyong-ni Literature Award.

Ngũgĩ died aged 87 in the United States on Wednesday. One of the famous writer's neighbours in his hometown in central Kenya remembers Ngũgĩ as a "kind man" who loved Kenya.

A Toronto Island author is celebrating the release of her new book based on a true story about a boy in 1898 who was disabled and made a harrowing journey to SickKids Hospital. As CBC’s Talia Ricci explains, the author says her goal is...