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J K Rowling and Bernardine Evaristo lead tributes to author Dame Hilary Mantel

The British writer was best known for The Wolf Hall trilogy, for which she won two Booker Prizes.

The Independent UK

Adjoa Andoh, Russell T Davies and Michaela Coel elected to Royal Society of Literature

The Bridgerton actor, Doctor Who writer and I May Destroy You creator are among 60 new fellows appointed to the UK’s charity for the advancement of literature

The Guardian - UK

Michaela Coel and Russell T Davies among writers appointed as RSL fellows

The acclaimed writers were part of a cohort of 60 new appointments.

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Londoner’s Diary: Rishi jokes about green card at think-tank party

Londoner’s Diary: Sunak mocks himself at Westminster party / Chicken Shop Date X Westminster Council collab? / Bernardine Evaristo talks fashion crisis at V&A / Starmer in hot water

Evening Standard

Bernardine Evaristo fears publishers may lose interest in black authors

Diversity in book industry must be sustained, and start at the top, Booker prize-winning author tells Hay festival

The Guardian - UK

Best books to gift for the literary person in your life

Unleash their inner bookworm with these special edition books and literary treats

Evening Standard

Dave Eggers offers to replace books a South Dakota school board wants to pulp

The writer calls the planned destruction of copies of five titles – by Bernardine Evaristo, Alison Bechdel, Imbolo Mbue and Stephen Chbosky as well as his own – ‘an unconscionable horror’

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Black women making a mark in the arts goes back at least a generation

Letters: Black women from the 1950s and 1960s should not be forgotten and written out of history, says Anya Edmond-Pettitt, and Jennifer Henley champions the artist Sharon Walters

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‘They are totally smashing it!’ Bernardine Evaristo on the artistic triumph of older Black women

Artists, novelists, actors, poets: from the Venice Biennale to Bridgerton, Black women in their 50s and 60s are finally getting the recognition they deserve, says the pioneering Booker winner

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Waterstones launches scheme to raise £1m for Ukraine

Bernardine Evaristo and Jasper Fforde are among the authors whose books will be sold to raise money for Oxfam’s appeal

The Guardian - UK

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien missed off BBC’s list of 70 Commonwealth authors

Some notable titles did not make the list, including the Harry Potter series by creator JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

The Independent UK

Reaction as JK Rowling missed from Queen's Platinum Jubilee author list

Dr Liam Fox says brands omission as "disgraceful and cowardly"

Bristol Post

Camilla welcomes Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo at Clarence House

The pair discussed the writer’s Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other.

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Camilla meets Bernardine Evaristo at Clarence House

The pair discussed the writer’s Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other.

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Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years

Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town

The Guardian - UK

‘Violence instead of words’: Will Smith condemned for hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars

Bernardine Evaristo, Keir Starmer, Kathy Griffin and others respond to incident

The Guardian - UK

Oscars 2022: Will Smith not facing charges for slapping Chris Rock, says LAPD, as Academy releases statement – as it happened

Family drama Coda won best picture at a ceremony that was overshadowed by Will Smith attacking Chris Rock

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Bernardine Evaristo: ‘There’s a backlash against progressiveness, it would be very naïve not to expect it’

As she is appointed the first Black female President of the Royal Society of Literature, Nick Curtis talks art, politics and representation with Booker winner

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Warsan Shire talks to Bernardine Evaristo about becoming a superstar poet: ‘Beyoncé sent flowers when my children were born’

One is a breakout poet, the other is a Booker-winning champion of Black talent. They swap notes on class, impostor syndrome and the day pop’s biggest star came knocking

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