Oscars 2014: '12 Years a Slave,' other literary adaptations take home prizes

The Oscars 2014 ceremony saw the movie '12 Years a Slave,' based on the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, score big by winning the Best Picture prize. The Oscars 2014 awards were held on March 2. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

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World Young Reader Prizes Opens For Entries

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New York Magazine Takes Home Digital Ellie for General Excellence

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First BolognaRagazzi digital prize awarded

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The New Press: 20 Years of Publishing ‘in the Public Interest’

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Matthews to judge Dylan Thomas Prize

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Edith Pearlman takes the NBCC fiction prize

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Edith Pearlman wins National Book Critics Circle fiction prize

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Retailers welcome "huge news", novel due later this year says Rowling

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