Dunmore, McGregor and Shamsie make Costa shortlists

The late author Helen Dunmore is shortlisted for a Costa Award along with Jon McGregor, Kamila Shamsie and Sarah Winman with almost half of the titles coming from independent publishers in a strong year for women writers. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury, Faber and Granta make Polari 2019 shortlists

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 01:46:32 UTC ]
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Braithwaite, Rankin and Wesolowski make Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards shortlist

Booker Prize longlistee Oyinkan Braithwaite has made the shortlist for the 2019 Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards with Ian Rankin and Matt Wesolowski each bagging two nominations.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-24 09:47:48 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 02:16:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-10 01:32:56 UTC ]
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Adam, Donkor and Mackmin make 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize shortlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stibbe and Doyle make female-dominated Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize shortlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clinton, Patterson and King make CrimeFest shortlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Akala and Eaves make James Tait Black Prizes shortlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adeyemi and Anderson make Waterstones Children’s Prize shortlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First all-female shortlist for the Costa Short Story Award

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s Costa Book Awards Shortlists: Half Debuts, £35,000 in Prize Money

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Shamsie, Hamid and Mukherjee shortlisted for $25k DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McNamara makes 2018 Gordon Burn shortlist

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'Vibrant new voices' from seven publishers make Branford Boase shortlist

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Final Mankell novel makes Petrona shortlist

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Debuts from Hermes Gowar, Greengrass and Batuman make Women's Prize shortlist

Debuts by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Jessie Greengrass and Elif Batuman have been shortlisted for 2018’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Smith, Kang and Krasznahorkai make Man Booker International shortlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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