Today, Graywolf Press announced that Anna Burns’ Milkman has been selected as the winner of the International Dublin Literary Award. The Award, now celebrating its 25th year, is the world’s largest annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English. The prize comes with a whopping... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-22 15:20:06 UTC ]
Anna Burns has become the first author from Northern Ireland to win the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 09:28:46 UTC ]
The author’s second novel, finally getting published in the United States, was first released in the United Kingdom in 2007. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-03-02 20:00:31 UTC ]
A pitch-dark comedy on the wages of violence from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of "Milkman" Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-02-15 15:00:16 UTC ]
Faber will publish a special London Liberty edition of Anna Burns’ Man Booker Prize-winning Milkman in September, as part of its partnership with the historic department store, along with a new audio edition read by the author herself. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 05:22:19 UTC ]
Anna Burns and Patrick Radden Keefe have won the Orwell Prize 2019, with both their books about the Troubles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 15:34:17 UTC ]
Anna Burns is the bookies' favourite to win the £30,000 Women's Prize for Fiction, with the latest odds from William Hill putting Milkman (Faber) at 6/4. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-30 07:48:44 UTC ]
Sally Rooney and Anna Burns have made the longlist for this year's Rathbones Folio Prize with 20 writers competing for the £30,000 prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A milestone-packed evening saw Anna Burns's 'Milkman,' already the 2018 Man Booker Prize winner, win the prize for fiction, and Zadie Smith take home the criticism award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
New agents and imprints, Northern Ireland’s first Man Booker winner … this year, the books world turned towards inclusivity and a broadening of perspectivesRead John Dugdale’s analysis of the 100 bestselling books of 2018“You brought it on yourself, longest friend. I informed you and informed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has experienced an “astonishing” demand for Anna Burns’ Milkman since it won the Man Booker Prize, selling 63,288 copies through Nielsen BookScan and 250,000 B-format copies out of its warehouse. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 17th woman to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Anna Burns has won for 'Milkman,' set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Her publisher, Faber & Faber, becomes the second biggest winner of Man Booker titles. The post Northern Ireland’s Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish writer to win the Man Booker Prize with her novel Milkman (Faber & Faber), a book about the sexual harassment of a young woman, commended by the judges for its “distinctive voice” and for being at once “particular and brilliantly universal”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]