Clark and Montes win Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award

Journalist Philip Clark and novelist and essayist Javier Montes have been named as the winners of the Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award, at a reception at the British Library. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Bhattacharya wins RSL Ondaatje Prize

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Crimefest award-winners, CWA shortlists announced

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Kimmage wins 2012 British Sports Book title

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Five Puffin titles on IBW Book Awards shortlists

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Morpurgo in book festival line-up

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Harper & Foyles triumph at Bookseller Awards

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Octogenarian wins Indie Foreign Fiction Prize

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How fast can they write? E-books push writer productivity

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Century wins latest self-publishing sensation

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New book 'festival' for Charing Cross Road

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Saqi's Yasmin wins Kim Scott Walwyn Prize

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Watson on CrimeFest Awards shortlist

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