Debut novelist wins Goldsmiths prize

A debut novelist who spent nine years trying to get her first book published is rewarded for her persistence with a £10,000 literary prize for original fiction. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell wins £2.5m tender from MOD

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Panarea Digital Debuts Nearpod For Schools

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Indigo acquires debut by Irish academic

Orion YA imprint Indigo has acquired a debut novel about "lost memories, lost times and lost... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Newsnight' editor's debut to No Exit

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TBH wins eight-way auction for Aftermath

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Transworld debut S J Watson tops the charts

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Atlantic buys "haunting" Manhattan debut

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aperture Debuts ‘The PhotoBook Review’

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moran wins Galaxy Book of the Year

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Ziff Davis Enterprise Debuts Live Digital Event for Tablet, Smartphone and Web Consumption

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Choc Lit snaps up debuts

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Pan Mac wins 'Dragons' Den' memoir

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Faber, Unbound and Rebecca Smart win at FutureBook Innovation Awards

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Oswald withdraws from T S Eliot prize over hedge fund sponsor

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Oswald withdraws from T S Eliot prize over investment sponsor

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