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Observer Names Marlon James’s The Disappearers Its Book of the Week

The novel returns James to Kingston to probe homophobia, violence and cultural erasure through scenes drawn from personal memory

BBC Announces Cast and Begins Filming of Open Water

Colson Whitehead’s Cool Machine Closes Harlem Trilogy with a Sharp 1980s Heist Tale

Paula Klein Wins IV Premio Lumen for El amor inventado

I Am Frankelda Is Mexico's First Stop‑Motion Feature

Dave Eggers Releases Contrapposto, a Novel About Art and a Sixty‑Five‑Year Friendship

Camila Cañeque’s Anuncios Extends Her Art into Experimental Prose

Taiwan Travelogue Wins International Booker

Yang Shuang-zi Wins International Booker Prize for Taiwan Travelogue

Guggenheim Names 223 Fellows for 2026 Across 55 Fields

Peruvian Novelist Alfredo Bryce Echenique Dies at 89

Rebassa Wins Sant Jordi as Carré‑Pons Takes Òmnium at Relaunched Nit de les Lletres

Netflix’s ‘Vladimir’ Opens With Roughly 4 Million Views, Trails Recent Limited-Series Debuts

Bengali Novelist Sankar Dies at 92 as India Pays Tribute

Elma Correa Wins 2026 Premio Biblioteca Breve for 'Donde termina el verano'

Starfleet Academy Honors DS9 With Avery Brooks–Approved Archival Voice

David Uclés Wins 82nd Premio Nadal for ‘La ciudad de las luces muertas’

Arunachal Author Subi Taba Wins 2025 Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman for Best Fiction

Mary Beard to Chair 2026 Booker Prize Panel Featuring Jarvis Cocker

HBO’s ‘Belphégor’ Debuts on Max as a Louvre-Set Psychological Thriller