Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s famously banned play returns to Kenya

‘Even as we grieved, we grew’: Poet Amanda Gorman gives powerful performance at inauguration

Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! 245 years on, devotees celebrate with virtual tours of the writer’s home

This surrealist graphic novel delves into architecture and social change

The world mourns Binyavanga Wainaina: Kenyan literary legend, visionary and LGBTQ activist

Frederic Tuten’s young life

Readers mourn author Andrea Levy who pushed for a more ‘inclusive’ version of Britain’s history

Clock Watchers

Peru makes book writing into a spectator sport and invites aspiring writers into combat