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Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity wins the Independent...
Posted 20 May 20131 comments IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner Gerbrand Bakker wins the £10,000 prize with latest novel The Detour. Dutch tale The Detour has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Independent... Read 'Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity...' -
The Women's Prize for Fiction 2013 Longlist is announced
Posted 12 March 2013The Women's Prize for Fiction, the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, today announces the 2013 longlist. Now in its eighteenth year - and known... Read 'The Women's Prize for Fiction 2013...' -
Hilary Mantel wins David Cohen Prize for Literature 2013
Posted 7 March 2013The David Cohen Prize for Literature 2013 has been awarded to the English novelist, essayist and short story writer Hilary Mantel for a lifetime of achievement in literature. The prize,... Read 'Hilary Mantel wins David Cohen Prize...' -
Banned Syrian novel makes prize longlist
Posted 2 March 2013The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 longlist is announced. Four from Harvill Secker, including Laurent Binet's HHhH, make list. Khaled Khalifa's In Praise of Hatred, banned... Read 'Banned Syrian novel makes prize longlist' -
Pilot Readers' Project launches with world literature focus
Posted 4 February 20138 comments Booktrust is delighted to announce a pilot Readers' Project focusing on engagement with world literature, funded by the Free Word Strategic Commissioning Fund and the NALD Futures Fund (administered by... Read 'Pilot Readers' Project launches with world...' -
BBC National Short Story Award returns for 2013
Posted 13 December 20126 comments After a year spanning the globe for the finest international talent, the BBC National Short Story Award returns for 2013 to celebrate the best in homegrown short fiction Submissions for... Read 'BBC National Short Story Award returns...' -
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...' -
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...'
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