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New events and publishing partnership for the Sunday Times...
Posted 1 November 20113 comments The Sunday Times and Waterstone's have announced a new campaign around the 2012 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. In the run-up to the announcement of the winner... Read 'New events and publishing partnership for...' -
Richard and Judy’s Children's Christmas Book Club 2011
Posted 25 October 2011Booktrust teams up again with WHSmith for Richard and Judy’s Children's Christmas Book Club 2011. The Richard and Judy Children's Christmas Book Club is made up of 12 interactive titles... Read 'Richard and Judy’s Children's Christmas Book...' -
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 judges announced
Posted 14 October 20112 comments The Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Nick Barley, and Xiaolu Guo, who wrote the Orange shortlisted A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, have joined the panel of judges... Read 'Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 judges...' -
Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 judges announced
Posted 14 October 2011The judges for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2012 have been confirmed as: Joanna Trollope, (Chair), Writer Lisa Appignanesi, Writer, Novelist and Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire, Journalist and Broadcaster Natalie... Read 'Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 judges...' -
World Sight Day
Posted 13 October 2011Today (Thursday 13 October 2011) is World Sight Day, which takes place annually on the second Thursday of every October, to focus global attention on blindness, visual impairment and the... Read 'World Sight Day ' -
Letterbox Club Wins Third Sector Excellence Award
Posted 29 September 2011Letterbox Club has won the prestigious Third Sector Excellence Charity Partnership Award for its work with Fostering Network Northern Ireland, as part of their Fostering Achievement programme. The presentation was... Read 'Letterbox Club Wins Third Sector Excellence...' -
D W Wilson wins the BBC National Short Story...
Posted 26 September 2011PhD student becomes the youngest ever winner of the BBC National Short Story Award At 26, D W Wilson has become the youngest ever winner of the prestigious BBC... Read 'D W Wilson wins the BBC...' -
The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award...
Posted 25 September 2011Melvyn Bragg, Ian Hart, Hanif Kureishi, Edna O'Brien, Joanna Trollope and Andrew Holgate to judge the third Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. A stellar cast of judges... Read 'The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank...' -
Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011 shortlists announced
Posted 12 September 2011Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011 shortlists were announced on Monday 12 September - the eve of Roald Dahl Day . A collection of whimsical animal fables from Monty Python's Terry... Read 'Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011 shortlists...' -
Viv Bird on International Literacy Day
Posted 8 September 2011One in five adults - around 793 million people - lack basic literacy skills Today is International Literacy Day. Since 1965, when it was first proclaimed by UNESCO, September 8... Read 'Viv Bird on International Literacy Day'
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