Three organisations argue that more transparency is needed after research found AI models have been trained using pirated works by authors such as Zadie Smith and Stephen KingThree major European publishing trade bodies have urged the EU to “act now” on transparency over artificial intelligence... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-19 13:53:46 UTC ]
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow overtook titles by David Walliams and Colleen Hoover to become the UK’s number one bestseller. The author, booksellers and fans reflect on how it became a literary phenomenonTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’s distinctive cover, with its image of Hokusai’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-11 10:00:35 UTC ]
The journal’s once-in-a-decade selection of the best fiction writers under 40 has broadened its selection of 20 to include authors who ‘regard the UK as their home’Granta magazine’s Best of British Novelists list, which hails the literary stars of the future, has this year expanded to include... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-13 07:00:37 UTC ]
This morning, Penguin Press announced that they will be publishing Zadie Smith’s next novel, The Fraud, on September 5, 2023. Here’s how the publisher describes the book: From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, The Fraud is a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-03-02 14:57:55 UTC ]
The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is given annually to the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author of 35 or under. Here at the British Council, we're proud to work with the Prize to support the selected writers early in their... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2023-02-13 14:40:41 UTC ]
Bethanne Patrick's February picks include new work from Salman Rushdie and Zadie Smith, plus fresh insights into friendship, Silicon Valley and wolves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-31 14:18:02 UTC ]
Welcome to our biannual Great Book Preview! We’ve assembled the best books of 2023A (that is, the first half of 2023), including new work from Nicole Chung, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Claire Dederer, Brian Dillon, Samantha Irby, Heidi Julavits, Catherine Lacy, Mario Vargas Llosa, Rebecca Makkai,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2023-01-09 10:30:00 UTC ]
Today in extremely niche literary world factoids: in case you didn’t know (I did not) Zadie Smith has a younger brother named Ben Bailey Smith, an actor and standup who goes by Doc Brown, admires Taylor Swift’s writing ability, and features in Netflix’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-07-20 16:07:31 UTC ]
From The New Yorker’s archive: short stories by Zadie Smith, Jennifer Egan, and Stephen King. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2020-08-30 10:00:00 UTC ]
From The New Yorker’s archive: short stories by Zadie Smith, Jennifer Egan, and Stephen King. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2020-08-16 10:00:00 UTC ]
Historian Timothy Snyder’s 2017 work ‘On Tyranny’ is the #2 book in the country. Plus Zadie Smith’s pandemic-era essay collection ‘Intimations’ lands at #3 in trade paper, and ‘Memorial Drive,’ poet Natasha Trethewey’s memoir, debuts at #17 in hardcover nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The author’s latest collection shows how few novelists seem to genuinely love human beings the way she does. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2020-07-21 19:06:23 UTC ]
A collection of six essays written during lockdown by Zadie Smith, titled Intimations, will be published by Hamish Hamilton this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 18:45:56 UTC ]
JK Rowling, Zadie Smith and Jamie Oliver have made the shortlist for the British Book Awards "30 from 30" trophy that will crown one book the “best” of the past three decades. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 13:31:41 UTC ]
Puffin has snapped up Zadie Smith and Nick Laird's "endearing" debut picture book, Weirdo, featuring a judo suit-wearing guinea pig. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 07:57:19 UTC ]
Zadie Smith and Ben Lerner are among the eight authors shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 23:52:49 UTC ]
The “White Teeth” author is witty and eviscerating in stories sprinkled with current events. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-10-28 16:43:26 UTC ]
Zadie Smith has a new collection of stories, and Prince’s posthumous memoir comes out. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-09-24 19:34:47 UTC ]
A milestone-packed evening saw Anna Burns's 'Milkman,' already the 2018 Man Booker Prize winner, win the prize for fiction, and Zadie Smith take home the criticism award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its annual literary awards on Tuesday, with Zadie Smith, Rachel Kushner, Robert Christgau and the late Denis Johnson among the nominees. Los Angeles author Kushner's "The Mars Room" and Johnson's "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" both... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]