Iain Pears to chair Desmond Elliott Prize

Acclaimed art historian and writer Iain Pears is chairing the judging panel for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize 2016. He will be joined by journalist and c.e.o. of website The Pool, Sam Baker, and the literary editor of the Independent on Sunday, Katy Guest. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins

“The Perfect Nine” tells the tale of Gikuyu and Mumbi, progenitors of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-12 06:09:05 UTC ]
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US poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück for her “unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-08 10:25:08 UTC ]
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Louise Glück Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to the American poet Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." This story is developing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber publishers appeal to Women's Prize to 'revisit' new gender criteria rules

Faber associate publisher Louisa Joyner and publisher Alex Bowler have appealed to the Women's Prize to "revisit" its new rules around eligibility "to consider the lived experience of now excluded writers".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 14:48:15 UTC ]
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PUP author Penrose awarded Nobel Prize for Physics

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 00:04:24 UTC ]
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Erika A. Niedowski, a former Sun foreign correspondent and 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist, dies

Erika A. Niedowski, a former Sun foreign correspondent and Moscow bureau chief who was a 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist and later worked for The Associated Press, died Friday of undetermined causes at Rhode Island Hospital two days before her 47th birthday. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2020-10-06 21:08:37 UTC ]
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Women's Prize confirms entrants 'must be legally defined as female'

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 04:11:34 UTC ]
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Aspiring writers, enter that prize. Even if you don't win, you'll be seen | Candice Carty-Williams

Simply submitting your story to be read by someone who knows talent when they see it is important for so many reasonsWriting prizes are massively important for aspiring and emerging writers. I think they are vastly more important than literary prizes. So many aspiring writers don’t have access... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-10-03 07:00:18 UTC ]
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Here’s the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s 2020 First Novel Prize.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-01 15:05:06 UTC ]
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Nine Dots Prize reveals this year's $100k question

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 13:52:06 UTC ]
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Booker Prize announcement delayed to avoid Obama clash

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 16:18:43 UTC ]
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YA Book Prize launches for 2021

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Dangarembga made UEA international chair of creative writing

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Namwali Serpell will donate Clarke Prize money to those protesting Breonna Taylor’s murder.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-25 18:21:12 UTC ]
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