ALCS sponsors Crime Dagger award

Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 07:30 The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society is the new sponsor for the annual Crime Writers' Association Dagger for Non-Fiction, awarded in July each year. The ALCS is a membership organisation which protects and promotes the rights of authors. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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