Helen Fielding wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries (Vintage) has won the 2017 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, making it third time lucky for the author. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Bernardine Evaristo: the forgotten black British novels everyone should read

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Dooley graphic novel wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

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Former winner Rothschild heads strong Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse shortlist

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Talks underway for fourth Bridget Jones film

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Stibbe wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

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Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize withheld for first time

The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction has been withheld for the first time in its 18 years because none of the entries "prompted unanimous, abundant laughter". Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fielding and Tóibín events mark Hay's opening weekend

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Helen Fielding wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

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Fielding, Stibbe, Hiaasen up for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

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Rothschild and Murray win Everyman Wodehouse prize

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FT Group profits rise 17%

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