Claire Keegan will receive the International Siegfried Lenz Prize

Does anyone know: are parents allowed to simply refuse to let their children learn from tablets / desktops at school? Do schools under any obligations to provide alternatives if parents request it ?

This should be fun if you are in the Cambridge area tomorrow.

I chair the acquisitions meeting of Reaktion Books, an independent publisher. We're open to unsolicited book proposals: history, art, music, film, food, animal studies and any great indefinable non-fiction book ideas you might have. Check out the list and get in touch.

If you’re a pensioner who happens to take magic mushrooms, I want to hear from you [email protected]

Read Stephen King on Baby Reindeer and Misery here:

thetimes.co.uk/article/de4010…

There are still a few (free) places left at our lunchtime BBC Radio 4 Bookclub recordings with Lucy Caldwell Lucy Caldwell on 15/05 and Marlon James on 06/06

Email [email protected] to take part

A chance to talk to your favourite authors about your favourite books.

I'm excited to announce I'll be starting a 6 month stint as a Deputy Editor on the UK Guardian Opinion desk next week and I'd like to hear your pitches! 🧵

Reminder: I'm offering a 1-hour marketing & publicity consultation for Orion Magazine’s annual fundraiser. Bidding is currently at $525, with a little over a week left. Many other fantastic items to bid on as well!
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Calling all book-loving 11-14 year-olds... Here's the Guardian Books story on the Martha Mills Young Writers' Prize (Judge: Philip Pullman ; Write 500 words or less on the theme: A Secret).
theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

We are looking for an editor for House and Home, the superb property and interiors section within FT Weekend. It is a BRILLIANT job, so take a look. boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

Looking for someone to write a fun piece for i newspaper about how f-ing exhausting it must be to live in a throuple. Personal experience not required. Email me [email protected]

Question from Times Books desk: which novels have you most enjoyed reading in your book club? Ones which have generated good discussions, been popular among all members etc

This stunning debut is out in the UK today 💙

Women’s Prize for Fiction: Anne Enright and Claire Kilroy shortlisted. Delighted to see these Irish authors rightly recognised for their excellent novels The Wren, The Wren and Soldier Sailor, unaccountably overlooked by the Booker jury last year

irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Choice by Neel Mukherjee: Novel of important themes hampered by didactic tone. Three socially conscious and moral storylines are interwoven with mixed results, writes ⁦Mia Levitin⁩

irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

We're hiring The Booker Prizes! We are looking for a Communications Manager and Digital Product Manager – do have a read below! Deadline is 10 May. thebookerprizes.com/work-with-us

Join us at Foyles Bookshop on 2nd May to launch 'All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art' by Orlando Whitfield, where the author will be in conversation with Russell Tovey:
foyles.co.uk/events/orlando…

James by Percival Everett: Reimagining Huck Finn. There is humour and humanity in this recasting of Mark Twain’s flawed classic, writes ⁦Mia Levitin⁩

irishtimes.com/culture/books/…