Events at Book Brunch

• Publishing 2013 - consolidation, e-lending and adding value to ebooks

  (21 May 2013)
  A Westminister Media Forum seminar, with Richard Mollet (PA), John Boxall (PwC), Phil Bradley (CILIP), Tim Coates (Bilbary), Tim Godfray (BA), Henry Volans (Faber).
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• British Sports Book Awards at Lord's cricket ground

  (21 May 2013)
  For sports books published in the UK in hardback, paperback or audiobook in calendar year 2012.
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• Desmond Elliott Prize shortlist

  (23 May 2013)
  Worth £10,000, and for a first novel.
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• Word Factory: Helen Simpson, Ben Fountain, Roshi Fernando, Anna Stothard at the Society Club, Soho

  (25 May 2013)
  Tickets, £10 on the door.
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• Guild of Food Writers Awards at RIBA

  (29 May 2013)
  Closing date for entries: 20 February.
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• Victorian Cricket Match: Wisden XI vs Authors XI at Vincent Square, London

  (29 May 2013)
  To mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and publication of The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon.
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• Guild of Food Writers' Awards 2013 at RIBA

  (29 May 2013)
  Hosted by Aggie MacKenzie
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• People's Book Prize 2013 at Stationers' Hall

  (29 May 2013)
  This is the fourth year of the Prize, which boasts Frederick Forsyth as Patron. It is given in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature. The evening also sees the presentation of the Beryl Bainbridge Award for First Time Author, and the Award for Best Achievement.
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• BD and Comics Passion at Institut Francais

  (30 May 2013)
  From 30 May to 2 June. Featured artists include Posy Simmonds, Edika, Glen Baxter, Etienne Davodeau, Marc-Antoine Mathieu, Régis Loisel, Hunt Emerson and Pénélope Bagieu.
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• Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2013 at the Hay Festival

  (31 May 2013)
  The Commonwealth Book Prize is worth £10,000 to the winner, and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize is worth £5,000 to the winner.
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• Authors' Club First Novel Award - ceremony

  (03 June 2013)
  The shortlist includes novels by Ros Barber, Patrick Flanery, Kerry Hudson, IJ Kay, Sarah Ridgard, and Lloyd Shepherd.
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• CISAC World Creators Summit in Washington DC

  (04 June 2013)
  On 4 and 5 June, and featuring Maria Pallante, John Morton, Scott Turow, Jean-Michel Jarre and Hervé Di Rosa.
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• Women's Prize for Fiction ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall

  (05 June 2013)
  The winner of the £30,000 Prize.
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• Desmond Elliott Prize ceremony at Fortnum & Mason

  (27 June 2013)
  Worth £10,000, and for a first novel.
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• Independent Booksellers Week

  (29 June 2013)
  From 29 June to 6 July.
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• Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2013 at Waterstones Piccadilly

  (04 July 2013)
  Collections by Kevin Barry, Emma Donoghue, Adam Marek, Jon McGregor, Jane Rogers, and Lucy Wood are in contention for the £5,000 Prize.
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• Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award - shortlist

  (04 July 2013)
  Worth £3,000 to the winner, and run in association with WHSmith.
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• Alice's Day 2013

  (06 July 2013)
  Nonsense is the theme of the sixth Alice's Day, co-ordinated by the Story Museum and taking place in Oxford venues including the Ashmolean Museum, the Bodleian Library, and Christ Church.
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• Caine Prize for African Writing at the Bodleian Library, Oxford

  (08 July 2013)
  Worth £10,000 to the winner.
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• Branford Boase Award - winner announced

  (11 July 2013)
  For a debut children's novelist and his or her editor.
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• Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

  (18 July 2013)
  Worth £3,000 to the winner, and to be announced on the opening evening of the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.
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• Wales Book of the Year 2013 at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff

  (18 July 2013)
  Announcing the category winners (£2,000 each) and the overall winner (a further £6,000).
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• Man Booker Prize longlist

  (23 July 2013)
  The judges are Robert Macfarlane (Chair), Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Natalie Haynes, Martha Kearney, and Stuart Kelly.
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• Society for Editors and Proofreaders conference

  (31 August 2013)
  Taking place in Exeter from 31 August to 2 September.
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• Man Booker Prize shortlist

  (10 September 2013)
  The judges are Robert Macfarlane (Chair), Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Natalie Haynes, Martha Kearney, and Stuart Kelly.
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• BBC National Short Story Award 2013 shortlist

  (20 September 2013)
  Worth £15,000 to the winner. The judges are Mariella Frostrup (chair), Mohsin Hamid, Peter Hobbs, Deborah Moggach, and Di Speirs.
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• BBC National Short Story Award 2013 - the winner

  (08 October 2013)
  Worth £15,000. The judges are Mariella Frostrup (chair), Mohsin Hamid, Peter Hobbs, Deborah Moggach, and Di Speirs.
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• Man Booker Prize dinner at Guildhall

  (15 October 2013)
  The judges are Robert Macfarlane (Chair), Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Natalie Haynes, Martha Kearney, and Stuart Kelly.
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• Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2013

  (19 November 2013)
  Worth £30,000 to the winner, with up to five other shortlisted authors receiving £10,000 each.
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