Author Benyamin’s ‘Jasmine Days’ Wins Inaugural JCB Prize for Literature in India

A new literature award, the JCB Prize goes to the work of a Kerala author who writes about issues and personalities in the Middle East. His newest book is from Juggernaut. The post Author Benyamin’s ‘Jasmine Days’ Wins Inaugural JCB Prize for Literature in India appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Eva Eland has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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McAnulty makes history with Wainwright Prize win

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Harvill Secker wins Taiwanese American author's debut novel

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Singapore Book Council Names its 2020 Literature Prize Winners

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Yan Lianke, author of Three Brothers, on Chinese Life, Law, and Literature

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Ellmann and Szirtes win £10k James Tait Black prizes

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Granta snaps up prize-winning Danish writer's novel

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Colson Whitehead is the youngest writer to win the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.

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Kate Clanchy and Colson Whitehead win Orwell Prizes

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Ellan Rankin wins 2020 Carmelite Picture Book Prize

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