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Lydia Davis wins International Man Booker
Publication Date: Thu, 23/05/2013 - 09:00 American writer Lydia Davis has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000. Davis beat nine other authors including fellow American author...
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Swansea University to sponsor Dylan Thomas Prize
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Tue, 28/05/2013 - 11:00 Swansea University has been announced as the new sponsor of the Dylan Thomas Prize, with a new panel of judges also revealed for...
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Smith wins first Pushkin House Russian Book Prize
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 30/05/2013 - 08:30Former People by Douglas Smith, published by Macmillan, has won the inaugural £5,000 Pushkin House Russian Book Prize. The prize...
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O'Donnell wins Commonwealth Book Prize
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 31/05/2013 - 23:01 The Commonwealth Book Prize has been won by UK debut author Lisa O'Donnell, while the Short Story Prize has been awarded to two...
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Rankin, Forshaw win at CrimeFest
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Sat, 01/06/2013 - 12:06 The audiobook of Ian Rankin's Standing in Another Man's Grave, read by James MacPherson (Orion Audio), has won Audible's Sounds of...
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Quercus strong in CWA shortlists
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Sat, 01/06/2013 - 12:52 The Crime Writers Association has revealed the shortlists for many of its annual Dagger Awards, with Quercus dominating in the...
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Baileys new sponsor for Women's Prize for Fiction
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 03/06/2013 - 12:22 Baileys has become the new sponsor for the Women's Prize for Fiction, with the cream liqueur brand entering into a three-year...
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'Dazzling' Homes scoops Women’s Prize for Fiction
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 05/06/2013 - 19:21 The American novelist A M Homes has won the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel May We Be Forgiven (Granta), seeing...
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BMS marketing awards shortlists revealed
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 26/06/2013 - 08:30 Campaigns for titles ranging from Fifty Shades of Grey to the BFI Film Classics series have been shortlisted for the Book Marketing...
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Shortlist revealed for PEN/Ackerley Prize
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Wed, 26/06/2013 - 10:50 English PEN has announced the shortlist for the 2013 PEN/Ackerley Prize for Memoir, given each year to a British literary...
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Barber wins Desmond Elliott
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Fri, 28/06/2013 - 09:06 Ros Barber's novel in verse The Marlowe Papers (Sceptre) has been named as the winner of the annual Desmond Elliott Prize....
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Folio Academy choose 'past winners'
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 01/07/2013 - 07:48 Members of the Folio Prize's "Academy" are to make their personal recommendations for books that would have won the award had it...
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Comma's Constantine wins Frank O'Connor award
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Tue, 02/07/2013 - 06:00 David Constantine has become the first ever English writer to win the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. The award...
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Uganda tale wins Kwani? Manuscript prize
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 02/07/2013 - 06:10 An "ambitious" story of Uganda's history, Jennifer Nansubuga Makunbi's[pictured] The Kintu Saga, has been named winner of the...
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Mina and Billingham vie on Theakstons shortlist
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Tue, 02/07/2013 - 14:15 Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2013 Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award, including two titles from...
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Roger Louis wins RSL Benson Medal
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 08/07/2013 - 09:07 Wm Roger Louis, editor of I B Tauris' Adventures with Britannia series, has been awarded the Royal Society of Literature Benson...
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Folarin wins Caine Prize
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 09/07/2013 - 09:46 Tope Folarin has won the Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story, 'Miracle'. Published in Transition, issue 109...
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Wimpy Kid overall winner at BMS marketing awards
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 09/07/2013 - 15:03 Puffin's campaign for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney [pictured] was named the overall winner at the second...
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Finn Dean wins book illustration competition
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Wed, 10/07/2013 - 07:30 The Folio Society and The House of Illustration have announced the winner of their annual Book Illustration Competition, with...
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Dagger awards from CWA
Written By: Joshua Farrington Publication Date: Tue, 16/07/2013 - 07:00 Writers Lee Child, Andrew Taylor, Belinda Bauer and Stella Duffy were among those receiving awards from the Crime Writers...
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