Atwood awarded PEN Pinter Prize ahead of UK tour

Margaret Atwood has been awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize at the same time it is announced she will be embarking on a UK book tour. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Lazarus' novel awarded book prize

Stoner by late US author John Williams, first published 48 years ago, wins the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Sedaris on UK tour

American literary funnyman David Sedaris is going on a UK tour with his show An Evening With... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sara Bershtel Wins Friedrich Ulfers Prize Ahead of Festival Neue Literatur

Metropolitan Books publisher Sara Bershtel will receive the 2014 Friedrich Ulfers Prize for her contributions to German literature in the USA. The prize is part of NYC's Festival Neue Literatur. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booker Prize winner: Murder mystery wins prestigious award

Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton wrote an 832-page murder mystery set in Catton's homeland, New Zealand. This is the last year that the Man Booker Prize will be open only to writers from the former British Empire. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 reasons Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (+video)

Merit trumped politics this year when modest, retiring, universally admired Canadian author Alice Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Science books prize doubles award money

The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has more than doubled its prize fund this year.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN Literary Award Winners Announced

PEN America announced the winners of the 2013 PEN Literary Awards, a list that includes both notables and newcomers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US 'ahead of UK on library advocacy'

The UK lags behind the US on library advocacy, according to a researcher contributing to newly... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK tour for Maas

US novelist Sarah J Maas will tour the UK for the first time this October. Maas is the author of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Savage Continent wins English PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize

Penguin Viking title Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnson wins Golden PEN Award 2012

Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has won this year's Golden PEN Award, worth £1,000. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I B Tauris title wins English PEN prize

A book on the the political uprisings in the Middle East has won an English PEN Award for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six picked for English PEN awards

Six books are set to receive English PEN Awards for Writing in Translation 2013, translated from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E.L. Doctorow, Michael Henry Heim Honored in 2012 PEN Literary Awards

E.L. Doctorow, Michael Henry Heim and many other poets, authors and translators were given awards and honored during the 2012 PEN Literary Awards. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Syrian author shares Pinter prize

Samar Yazbek, whose latest book is an account of the Assad regime written inside Syria, will share the Pen Pinter prize with poet Carol Anne Duffy. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Best of prize' for book awards

Britain's oldest literary prize is to make a special award later this year for the best ever winner. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Laureate ballet to tour UK

A ballet based on fairy tale Rapunzel, written by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, is to tour the UK after premiering at the Durham Book Festival in October. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First BolognaRagazzi digital prize awarded

French publisher eToiles Editions, with an app that "breaks away from the page by page way... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK titles including Tweet Treats vie for Gourmand awards

The UK has 16 titles making the Gourmand cookery book award shortlists this year, down on 21 in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tranströmer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Publication Date: Thu, 06/10/2011 - 11:58 Swedish writer and poet Tomas Tranströmer has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The committee behind the decision awarded the accolade to the 80-year-old "because, through his condensed, transluscent images, he gives us fresh access to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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