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From penetrating words to images that linger in the mind, Han Kang readers tell us what her work means to them

For years, I helped spread a glowing narrative about one of Canada’s most famous authors

Lilly Wachowski is bringing a wild post-apocalyptic story to life.

Han Kang, the South Korean winner of the 2024 Nobel prize in literature, made her breakthrough in the English-speaking world with her first translated novel (her third in Korean), The Vegetarian. Published in English in 2015, it was an immediate success, making the Evening Standard bestseller list. It went on…

Interview | Editor Craig Yoe on his new collected edition of the sci-fi/Wild West mashup

With earnings having dropped by 60%, it is harder than ever to keep going as a writer – even if your work gets rave reviews

Sally Rooney’s new novel, Intermezzo, is finally here – and nearly everyone I know seems to be reading it. It’s almost like the pre-streaming days, when everyone would settle on the sofa at the same time to watch the new hit TV series. The sense that we were all part…

Sally Rooney, author of Normal People and now Intermezzo, keeps being called “the voice of a generation”. And she’s just the latest in a sequence of authors to get this accolade.

Summer riots were a consequence of relegating the subject to just one month, says Black Curriculum founder