The tenth Canberra Writers Festival will take place from 15 to 18 October under the theme For the Love of Books. The programme features more than 100 events with over 200 writers, journalists, critics and artists, with the National Library of Australia se
The Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož (Festival slovenskega filma Portorož, FSF), the country’s leading showcase for national cinema, is taking place on the Adriatic coast from 13 to 18 October.
This year’s Nobel Prize was awarded to Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson. In her work, the drama of antiquity intertwines with modernist sensibilities, music with painting, and bold formal experimentation with a deep commitment to traditi
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese scientist Kenso Soai for their research into nonlinear effects and asymmetric autocatalysis in organic synthesis.
The five exhibitions highlight several parallel strands in contemporary Ukrainian art. Kostiantyn Zorkin seeks a symbolic language to explore the war and collective resilience. Anatolii Kryvolap investigates the emotional power of colour, while Anatol Pet
German mathematician Gerd Faltings, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, has been awarded the 2026 Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious international honours in mathematics.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to American physicist Francis Halzen, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, for his decisive contributions to the development of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-ener
The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) has called on mathematicians to stop working with OpenAI following the company’s publication, on 6 October, of 722 mathematical papers generated by an unreleased AI model.
Szczepan Twardoch has been awarded Poland’s foremost literary prize, the Nike, for *Null*, his novel about the Russian-Ukrainian war. The book is also due to appear in Ukrainian translation within the next few days. It will be fascinating to hear how Ukra