Doyle, Peake and Moore to judge Gordon Burn Prize

Roddy Doyle will judge the Gordon Burn Prize 2015, along with actress Maxine Peake and journalist Suzanne Moore. They will be will be joined on the judging panel by novelist and journalist Doug Johnstone and artist Gavin Turk. The  £5,000 prize, launched in 2012 to celebrate innovation in literature, is a partnership between New Writing North, the Gordon Burn Trust and Faber and Faber, publishers of Gordon’s work. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Lord Browne to lead Pushkin House Russian Book Prize judges

Lord Browne of Madingley, chairman of the Tate Galleries and a former chief executive of BP, will lead the judging panel for Pushkin House’s 2015 Russian Book Prize. Now in its third year, the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, run in association with Waterstones, awards £5,000 to the best... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macdonald's 'Hawk' memoir wins Samuel Johnson Prize

Helen Macdonald has won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for H is For Hawk (Jonathan Cape), making it the first time a memoir has won the award. Author and historian Claire Tomalin, chair of the judging panel, said Macdonald had written a “book unlike any other”. Macdonald was... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doyle, Toibin, Norton, Keane up for Irish Book Awards

Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Roy Keane, Graham Norton and Cecilia Ahern are among the authors shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2014.   Tóibín’s Nora Webster (Viking) is shortlisted for Eason Novel of the Year, alongside The Thrill of it All by Joseph O’Connor (Harvill... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keane and Doyle to speak at London's sports writing festival

Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle will be among the big names appearing at the second London Sports Writing Festival, taking place next week at Lord's Cricket Ground.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bryson to chair Wellcome Book Prize judges

Author Bill Bryson will chair the judging panel for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015. Bryson will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keane and Doyle unite for major book events

Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle will promote Keane’s memoir The Second Half (Weidenfeld &... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paxman to chair Forward Poetry Prizes

Combative "Newsnight" presenter Jeremy Paxman will chair the judging panel for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Roddy Doyle to write Roy Keane memoir

In an eye-catching pairing, Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Roddy Doyle is to partner with ex-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Grayling and Wagner among Man Booker judges

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Rowan Williams to judge Pushkin House Russian Book Prize

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Macfarlane to chair Booker judges

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Caitlin Moran to judge Blue Peter prize

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Faber launches Burn memorial prize

Faber has set up a new prize in memory of author Gordon Burn, alongside New Writing North and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber launches writing prize

Faber has set up a new prize in memory of author Gordon Burn, alongside New Writing North and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Matthews to judge Dylan Thomas Prize

DJ and ex-Catatonia frontwoman Cerys Matthews is to join the judging panel of the 2012 University... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Book review: 'Half-Blood Blues' by Esi Edugyan

In the 2011 Man Booker Prize finalist, the author has pitch-perfect voice and her jazz musician characters have rhythmic conversations.Not unlike its counterpart rock 'n' roll, memorable jazz novels occupy a pretty slim shelf at the local bookstore. Though the music has been gracefully spun into... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sutherland to chair Fiction Uncovered panel

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Bragg to judge Sunday Times short story prize

Publication Date: Mon, 26/09/2011 - 11:59 Broadcaster and author Melvyn Bragg is to join the judging panel for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award for a second year in a row. Bragg will be joined by actor Ian Hart, playwright and novelist Hanif Kureishi, novelist Joanna Trollope... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grossman wins Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 07/06/2011 - 08:26 David Grossman's novel To the End of the Land (Jonathan Cape) has won this year's £4,000 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize, trumping both the 2010 Booker and Costa winners. The judging panel, which included Michael Prodger,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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