From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists.

This week the Palestine Festival of Literature, known as Palfest, announced that over 1,000 writers have signed on to a literary boycott of Israel. In a public letter, these writers declared that ...

Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (2007) is a case in point, and it is no doubt the work that was most influential in the Swedish ...

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Felipe Espinoza Garrido is Assistant Professor for English, Postcolonial and Media Studies at the University of Münster, where he received a PhD in literary and film studies. He holds an M.A. in ...

But behind the more superficial hallmarks of crumbling buildings, moody anti-heroes and complex heroines, Gothic literature has had a fascinating history and evolution. Though it originated in the 18 ...

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I was doing my master’s degree in Postcolonial Culture at the time, which I liked ... Exploring different perspectives through literature is incredibly inspiring, allowing me to see Zimbabwe, the ...

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” South Korean author Han ...

He was a specialist in postcolonial literature who knew Selvon long before his arrival. Victor passed away in 2014, but Ruby and I spoke on the phone. After the Selvons relocated, “we became family ...