Jilly Cooper is made a dame in new year honours list

Bestselling author and journalist is ‘incredibly bowled over’ to receive DBEJilly Cooper has been given a damehood in the new year honours list for her services to literature and charity.The 86-year-old bestselling author and journalist who was awarded a DBE said she was “delighted, bewildered and ecstatic”, although for one who counts Rishi Sunak among her fans, the honour should perhaps not be that much of a surprise. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-12-29 22:30:17 UTC ]
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Pullman, Donaldson, Riddell and Atwood in New Year's Honours

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Professor Dame Sue Black wins Saltire Book of the Year award

Forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black has won this year’s £6,000 Saltire Book of the Year award for All That Remains: A Life in Death (Transworld), while Canongate picked up the prize for publisher of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Jilly Cooper believes literary fiction should not receive state funding

Author Jilly Cooper has said that literary fiction should not receive state support, arguing instead that the money would be better spent on the declining newspaper industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Morpurgo, Bragg, Fraser in New Year's Honours

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Aboulela short stories leads Saqi list in indie's 35th year

Saqi Books, which focuses on books on the Middle East and North Africa in the English language, has had to reassert its niche in the face of big-publisher competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Philip Pullman's La Belle Sauvage tops Waterstones Book of the Year list

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Dame Jacqueline Wilson to be honoured by BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is to honour Dame Jacqueline Wilson with the Special Award at this year's British Academy Children’s Awards, held later this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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After 37 Years of Adweek’s Hot List, We’re Changing Up the Way We Honor Publishers

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Beevor knighted in New Year's Honours

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Transworld ponies up for Jilly Cooper bash

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Announcing the FutureBook Awards' Platform of the Year honour

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