Hard SF & Ideas

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (540+ words) Billy Collins returns to Featherstone Center for the Arts this weekend in partnership with PathwaysArts to give a reading from his latest book of poems Dog Show and to lead a poetry workshop. The former U.S. Poet Laureate has been a…...

11+ hour, 4+ min ago   (420+ words) The publishers of an award-winning novel by Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien have defended the writer against accusations he used artificial intelligence to write it, and said they stand behind him. Orelien denied using AI tools to write C’était ça ou…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (23+ words) Counterview From caste to race: Reading 'Black & Buddhist' through an Indian lens...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (89+ words) HarperCollins Publishers Australia has announced the longlist for the Australian Fiction Prize 2026. The longlisted titles are: The Australian Fiction Prize is an annual prize for an unpublished, book-length work of fiction. The winner will receive an advance of $15,000 and publication…...

22+ hour, 47+ min ago   (208+ words) TORONTO — Four debut novels are on the short list for the Writers' Trust of Canada's fiction prize. Toronto's Téa Mutonji and Zak Jones are among the nominees for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize that awards $70,000 to the best…...

10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (529+ words) A long-hidden family story has inspired a debut novel rooted in Birmingham’s industrial past. Author Sara Fox, from Solihull, spent 30 years avoiding ten deed boxes stored in a Birmingham attic, aware that they contained the untold history of her family,…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (202+ words) KFOR McEwan's essay and speech collection "Between Books” will be published next spring, May 25, Alfred A It is the first full-length work of nonfiction by the author of “Atonement,” “The Innocent,” the Booker Prize -winning â…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (391+ words) Boulder will host the Jaipur Literature Festival this week, which celebrates global diversity and draws in not only local book enthusiasts, but also scientists, artists, historians and politicians, allowing space to share conversations and connections to inform renewed perceptions on…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (128+ words) The 2026 NT Literary Awards winners have been announced. The winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Brown’s Mart Theatre Award CDU Creative Nonfiction Award Kath Manzie Youth Award NT Writers’ Centre Poetry Award Zip Print…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (170+ words) « Back to Omni Articles Five books – four of them debut novels – have been shortlisted for the 2026 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. The winner of the annual prize recognizing the best short story collection or novel by a Canadian author…...