Writing and Publishing
Kate Tempest wraps up Ted Hughes Award for Poetry
26-year-old poet, rapper, and spoken word performer Kate Tempest takes out the 2012 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in…
Pulitzer Prize winners announced for 2013
The winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for 2013 were announced yesterday, with the awards to be officially given in…
Do you have to make it before you turn 30?
A 30th birthday is a target many people set themselves for making it in an arts career. But is it…
Memo Justin Bieber: You owe Anne Frank a song
Justin Bieber upset many people with a flippant comment at the Anne Frank House but he was much less offensive…
Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for over $130,000
The manuscript of I’ve Been Wandering in the Greenwoods by Charlotte Brontë was sold on the 10 April for more…
Ireland's Central Bank mints Ulysses mistake
James Joyce has done so much for Ireland, you’d think they’d be able to lift a line from his modernist…
Barnes & Noble battle Amazon for self-publishing spoils
Barnes & Noble have put their dukes up against Amazon by launching NOOK Press, their own self-publishing service.
Author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies
Booker Prize winner Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, winner of two Academy Awards for her screenplays of EM Forster’s novels, died last…
Hot trends: Buddhas, Bacon, Barbara Cartland
Cashed-up buyers are creating a heady market for some lesser known genres including Chinese porcelain, post-war painting and even kitsch.
Do we need so many arts administrators?
Funding spent on management can't be spent on creating work so why are arts administrators such a key part of…