Kazuo Ishiguro

This Week’s Movies and Series: Clayface Goes Into Body Horror, Lupin Returns on Netflix

Batman's enemy Clayface stars in a body horror film, and on Netflix, gentleman thief Lupin is back. Here are this week's movies and series.

How to beat summer loneliness with culture: films, books and art to watch and read

Summer is the season when expectations for happiness and togetherness are highest. When they are not met, it is easy to feel abandoned. But you don’t have to hang out over a barbecue at the summer cottage to experience a sense of togetherness. It can be found in culture.

Klara and the Sun film to be released this fall

The film adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's novel "Klara and the Sun" premieres on October 23, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

Who Will Win the Nobel Prize in Literature This Year

Last year, Australian Alexis Wright rushed up the betting lists and this year Indian Amitav Ghosh suddenly ends up high up. But will it be any of the favorite-tipped ones who get the Nobel Prize in literature?

Authors Demand UK Action on Meta Over Alleged Book Copyright Breach

Several prominent British authors are demanding that the British government hold Meta accountable for stealing their texts with the purpose of training AI. I'm a crime writer, I recognize a theft when I see one, says Val McDermid.

Novel about the ISS space station wins the Booker Prize

"Touches Life and Death in a Unique Way"

An accessible authorship, which simultaneously explores serious and major issues in a new way. This is how this year's Nobel Prize winner in literature Han Kang is described. A traditional novelist, who at the same time tells about her country's traumas, says the author and critic Jens Liljestrand, who predicted Kang as the winner in advance.

Nobel Speculations: Russian Considered "Impossible"

Chinese Can Xue, Australian Gerald Murnane, or perhaps Jamaica Kincaid, born and raised in Antigua? Today at 1 pm, this year's Nobel laureate in literature will be announced.