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Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for being "master of the short story" by Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Nobel Prize in literature in 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro, who the Nobel committee called a "master of the contemporary short story." Last year, Slate book editor Dan Kois picked her for a prize and said her "work has evolved and grown in fascinating, boundary-shattering ways." The... Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced, with all of the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will present the Man Booker Prize when the winner is announced on... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard House's The Kills (Picador), Charlotte Mendelson's Almost English (Mantle), and... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After discovering the winner of a debut novel prize was co-authored, Planeta is donating the prize money of million pesos (USD $76,800) to Mexico's flood victims. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Alice Oswald has won the third £25,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. It is the first time... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prestigious UK writing prize will now be open to any works that are published in the UK and were written in English. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On September 16, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, in its 20th year, released the longlist for this year’s prize. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head and the Financial Times have launched their annual essay prize. The award will... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Man Booker Prize has extended its criteria and will from next year accept any novels... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books including 'The Lowland' by Jhumpa Lahiri and 'We Need New Names' by NoViolet Bulawayo made the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize this year, and some are calling the shortened list of nominees the best in years. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Kearns, the winner of the best newcomer award at the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Favorites among year's six Booker Prize finalists — which "shows the English language novel to be a form of world literature" — are Jim Crace and Eleanor Catton. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize director Ion Trewin has said the award has discussed changing its entry... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plenty of people have predictions about who will win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Care to place a bet? Ladbrokes announces its odds on which author will win. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor include Shalom Auslander for his darkly funny novel "Hope, A Tragedy."The finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor include Shalom Auslander for his darkly funny novel "Hope, A Tragedy." But all is not grim: The other... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While some books on this year's Man Booker prize long list have gotten buzz here in the US, none of them compare (so far) with the success of last year's winner, Hilary Mantel's 'Bring Up the Bodies.' Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2013 longlist of fiction for the Man Booker Prize will surprise and intrigue in equal measure. The shortlist will be announced in September and the winner on October 15. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN has announced the shortlist for the 2013 PEN/Ackerley Prize for Memoir, given each... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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