Samantha Harvey's 'beautiful and ambitious' Orbital wins Booker prize(theguardian.com)

27 points by mitchbob 2 years ago | 9 comments

Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature 2026(theguardian.com)

142 points by sonabinu 1 month ago | 29 comments

Guardian news article reporting that Canadian poet Anne Carson, author of Autobiography of Red, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Naomi Klein: Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. Turns you into a supremacist(theguardian.com)

28 points by beardyw 2 months ago | 5 comments

Frederick Forsyth has died(theguardian.com)

46 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 15 comments

'Evolution happens much quicker than Darwin thought'(theguardian.com)

28 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 1 comments

Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley's half-sister, book reveals(theguardian.com)

3 points by mellosouls 1 year ago | 0 comments

Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI(bbc.com)

24 points by harscoat 1 month ago | 33 comments

BBC News article on the controversy in France over an award-winning author accused of using AI to write his work.

Sally Rooney can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support(theguardian.com)

9 points by gojiberries 1 month ago | 0 comments

Guardian news article reporting that author Sally Rooney says she can no longer receive UK royalties or visit the UK due to her support for proscribed group Palestine Action.

Goodreads was the future of book reviews, then Amazon bought it(washingtonpost.com)

530 points by pseudolus 3 years ago | 403 comments

Washington Post tech article on how Goodreads, once seen as the future of book reviews, has fared since being acquired by Amazon.

Gilgamesh by Simon Armitage review – an ancient epic is brilliantly translated(theguardian.com)

176 points by benbreen 17 days ago | 53 comments

Guardian review of Simon Armitage's new verse translation of the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, praising it as a visceral tour de force.

Why the AI future will be awesome(nullpaste.org)

5 points by samstress 1 month ago | 6 comments

A plain-text essay arguing that AI will bring humanity's best era, addressing concerns like bioweapons, AI cyberattacks, and misalignment.

UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns(politico.eu)

435 points by scrlk 2 years ago | 223 comments

Politico Europe article reporting that UK rail minister Peter Hendy got engineer Gareth Dennis fired for raising safety concerns, threatening to withhold public contracts.