Polari Prize launches tour to celebrate 10 year anniversary

The Polari Prize will celebrate a decade of championing fresh literary talent this year with a UK tour for its literary salon as submissions open for its flagship First Book Prize.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Submissions Open for the UK’s Polari First Book Prize 2016

Submissions now are open for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize, for debut books that explore the LGBT experience in poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction. The post Submissions Open for the UK’s Polari First Book Prize 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Legendary publisher Klaus Flugge launches picture book prize

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Fox fable beats bestsellers to book prize

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Galbraith among Brits up for book prize

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Leigh Bardugo embarks on UK tour

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Logan wins Polari First Book Prize

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Leopold Blue wins children's book prize

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Biddulph wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

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Penguin book picks up book prize

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Mal Peet dies

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Women writers dominate Waterstones kids' shortlist

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Gillian Anderson joins Oscar's First Book judges

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Science of Seeing and Believing wins young people's book prize

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Polari First Book Prize swells longlist

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Shortlist revealed for Oscar's First Book Prize

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Tony Robinson wins kids' book prize

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