The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) has announced Elif Shafak as its new president, succeeding Bernardine Evaristo at the end of her four-year term.
Irish author Sally Rooney stated that, due to her support for Palestine Action in the United Kingdom, not only could her existing books be withdrawn from sale, but publishing any new work there has become almost impossible.
British writer of Hungarian descent David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize for his sixth novel, Flesh, a stark yet luminous meditation on contemporary masculinity and the physical condition of existence.
Designer Geray Gençer's book series on Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, created for Dergâh Yayınları, has been selected for the prestigious 50 Books | 50 Covers 2024 list by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, announced today by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
On September 30, an event in Ayvalık will explore the Paris–Istanbul connection and the theme of women’s liberation in the works of the recently deceased author Pınar Kür.
Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece Mrs. Dalloway celebrates its centenary in 2025. Yet the roots of the novel lie in an earlier story: Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street.
The title, cover, and release date of Zülfü Livaneli’s upcoming novel from Can Yayınları have been announced. Wait for Me (Bekle Beni) will be available in bookstores starting September 23.
Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel, Hamnet brings Shakespeare’s family tragedy and its echoes in Hamlet to the screen through Chloé Zhao’s lens. Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, the film captures the silence created by loss and the solace found in
With A Distant Country: The Rebellion of Letters, Selçuk Demirel and Lyliane Adra depict an imaginary country where books are banned, words are considered crimes, and memory is systematically erased, reflecting the invisible mechanisms of censorship and societal silence present in our
Starting in 2026, the Cité Internationale des Arts in central Paris will host not only visual artists and musicians but also writers on three-month fellowships as part of the Turkey Workshop run by İKSV.
“The Literary Map of Istanbul” is a unique journey that reveals the city's literary memory layer by layer by following in the footsteps of writers. Inspired by literary guides in Paris, Bahriye Çeri brings Istanbul's forgotten streets, ruined mansions, and silent gardens