Irish Author Sally Rooney Wins the UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Prize

Fêted for her auspicious debut, ‘Conversations With Friends,’ Dubliner Sally Rooney at 26 is tied with Zadie Smith (2001, ‘White Teeth’) for youngest winner of the Sunday Times/PFD prize for emerging authors from the UK and Ireland. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Book That ‘Glitters With Talk’ n a ceremony this evening (December 7) at the London Library, ... The post Irish Author Sally Rooney Wins the UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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London Library takes on 38 authors for Emerging Writers Programme

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Turkey’s ITEF Welcomes 14 Fellows; ALTA Translation Award Submission Deadlines

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Leaver and Smith’s Welbeck Acquires Carlton; Books International Acquires Marston

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Bologna Announces 2019 Themes: Women, African-American Culture, Handwriting

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London Book Fair Names Singapore’s Jeremy Tiang ‘Literary Translator of the Fair’

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Bart van Es’ Biography ‘The Cut Out Girl’ Named Costa Book of the Year

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Joyce Carol Oates Is Named the 2019 Jerusalem Prize Winner

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The London Library launches Emerging Writers Programme

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London Library finds Bram Stoker's source books

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Graphic Novel and Picture Book Series from Kids Can Press to Launch on TV

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Kamila Shamsie Joins Susan Hill in Judging the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award

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