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4 February 2023
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye is a Yoruba-Nigerian inspired fantasy novel and the first in a brand-new series.
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19 December 2022 – 8 January 2023
Penguin X BBC WriteNow submissions are open
Penguin and BBC Studios team up to find new commercial fiction writers through WriteNow. Submissions are open until 8 January.
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24 November 2022
Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston
Amari and the Great Game is the second book in an enchanting series combining fantasy adventure, magic, monsters, and friendships that will warm your heart.
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26 May 2022
Freddie Fiction unveils new single 'Lie To Me'
Singer/songwriter, producer, director, and social activist Freddie Fiction has decided to start 2022 with an unbelievable take-off. Releasing his first new single of the year, ‘Lie To Me’, matched with an electrifying new music video.
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30 March 2022
The Cuckoo Cage: New Origin Stories
Black British authors reimagine UK protestors as superheroes.
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5 November 2021
Report shows that number of minority ethnic characters in children’s books has increased
The report displays a fourfold increase in the amount of diversity found in children’s literature, when compared to four years ago.
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16 July 2021
Review: New Coal by Stacie Woolsey
Reviewing Stacie Woolsey's three-part narrative, based on a fictional industrial revolution after creating the strong, malleable and corrosion-resistant material of graphene in the north of England.
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17 May 2021 – 31 July 2021
New literary magazine 'the other side of hope' call for submissions
New literary magazine edited by immigrants and refugees, 'the other side of hope' has opened submissions for writers from the same community.
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19 March 2021
Munich Science & Fiction Festival: The fusion of art and tech
This Mozilla Festival session explored the hybrid nature of events, using a groundbreaking festival as an example of what can be achieved when art and technology come together.
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8 May 2019
Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist announced
The list features a diverse range of titles, from examinations of contemporary life to retellings of myths and legends
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23 April 2018
Women's Prize for Fiction 2018: The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
This stunning debut is a top contender
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16 April 2018
Women's Prize for Fiction 2018: Sight
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Jessie Greengrass's Sight has been lauded as a poetic meditation on the experience of motherhood.
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16 April 2018
Women's Prize for Fiction 2018: Sing Unburied Sing
Jesmyn Ward's 'southern odyssey' is a top contender for this year's Women's Prize.
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6 April 2018
Women's Prize for Fiction 2018: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
A beautifully written novel, which has been highly anticipated by fans for two decades.
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6 April 2018
Women's Prize for Fiction 2018: Home Fire
A Man Booker Shortlist nominee, Shamsie's incredible retelling of the myth of Antigone has now been nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction.
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5 January 2018
Top 10 Fiction Books of 2017
We look at the best books to hit the shelves in the past 12 months
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23 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: Elif Shafak
Prominent Turkish writer Elif Shafak discusses her new novel, the political situation in Turkey and how it has influenced her writing.