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Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award long list announced
19 writers have been long listed for the 2015 £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, managed by the Book Trust. You can read the longlisted stories on the Sunday Times website if you have a...
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The Folio Prize shortlist has been announced
The 2015 Folio Prize for Fiction features independent publishers Faber and Granta on its shortlist with three books each. Now in its second year, the £40,000 prize is awarded for a work of...
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The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Writing Competition
The Fiction Desk are running a competition to find a ghost story of 1,000 to 5,000 words. ‘Ghost story’ can be defined as an encounter with an actual phantom to more unusual paranormal phenomena and...
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Tony Harrison wins the David Cohen Prize for literature
Leeds born poet and playwright Tony Harrison, 77, has been awarded the £40,000 David Cohen Prize for literature. Presented every other year, previous winners include Hilary Mantel in 2013, Julian...
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Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year 2015
Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year shortlist is out and it cover witches, camels, nether regions and pavements. Are they that funny?? Anyway, you can Vote for your favourite until...
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Great Reads @BaileysPrize Fiction longlist is announced
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist features some great reads. With five debut novelists and eight previously shortlisted authors, it showcases both rising stars and well-established...
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The Wellcome Book Prize shortlist
Bill Bryson, chair of the 2015 £30,000 Wellcome book prize, has said brain surgery, death, cruelty, anxiety and grief are all explored in the shortlisted books – with laughs and joy amid the...
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Female Authors top of the list for the Desmond Elliott Prize
Three female authors will compete for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2015. All three authors shortlisted for this year’s £10,000 award, which is for debut novels, are published by Penguin Random House. Emma...
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Man Booker Longlist Announced Today
The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the Man Booker Prize has been announced today, Wednesday 29 July 2015. This year’s longlist of 13 books was selected by a panel of five judges chaired by...
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Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016
The winner of this years Baileys Women’s prize for fiction will be announced tonight at 7.30pm. The lucky winner will win a limited edition bronze known as a ‘Bessie’, created and donated by the artist...
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