Blackwell's to sponsor The Kitschies

Blackwell's is to be the new headline sponsor of The Kitschies, the literary awards recognising the year’s "most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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