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Announcing our new online writer in residence...
Posted 3 December 2012Welcome Matt Haig! Matt Haig is an award-winning author of books for children, teenagers, young adults and adults. Following Hannah Berry, and previously writers like Patrick Ness, Bali Rai, Evie... Read 'Announcing our new online writer in...' -
Elif Shafak joins judging panel for Independent Foreign Fiction...
Posted 25 October 2012Award-winning Turkish author Elif Shafak, whose novels have been translated into more than 30 languages, joins a prestigious panel of judges for the £10,000 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013. The... Read 'Elif Shafak joins judging panel for...' -
October prizes round-up
Posted 22 October 2012What is a prize without its judges? It's like asking what is a book without its author, what is a sandwich without filling, what is soup without croutons. Four of... Read 'October prizes round-up ' -
Mark Lawson chairs the UK and Ireland's answer to...
Posted 18 October 2012Booktrust is delighted to announce the launch of the David Cohen Prize for Literature 2013. Awarded biennially, the £40,000 prize honours a lifetime's achievement in literature. Writer, critic and broadcaster... Read 'Mark Lawson chairs the UK and...' -
Comics: reaching the parts other literature can't reach
Posted 11 October 20122 comments We are proud to announce an event at the Free Word Centre on 19 November, 2012 featuring Hannah Berry in conversation with the country's best graphic novelists. Event name: Comics:... Read 'Comics: reaching the parts other literature...' -
The Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 launches with new...
Posted 9 October 20121 comments Oscar-nominated actor Miranda Richardson to chair a panel of judges for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013. Also announced: funding and new partnerships for the Prize Now in its eighteenth... Read 'The Women's Prize for Fiction 2013...' -
East beats West as Miroslav Penkov wins short story...
Posted 2 October 2012Bulgarian author Miroslav Penkov has won the £15,000 BBC International Short Story Award for his story ‘East of the West’. The announcement was made live on Radio 4’s Front Row... Read 'East beats West as Miroslav Penkov...' -
From first loves to last laughs
Posted 14 September 2012From first loves to last laughs: the shortlist for the BBC International Short Story Award opens a window to the world The shortlist for the BBC International Short Story Award... Read 'From first loves to last laughs' -
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 launches
Posted 3 August 2012We are now accepting entries from publishers, agents and authors for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013! The Independent Foreign Prize honours the best work of fiction by a living... Read 'Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 launches' -
Death of independent bookshops? Hardly.
Posted 4 July 20121 comments To celebrate Independent Booksellers Week , Simon Key, from North London's Big Green Bookshop, tells us what his shop means to the local community and why it's important to think... Read 'Death of independent bookshops? Hardly. '
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