Friday, 10th July 2009
The Branford Boase Award for an outstanding debut novel for children has gone to B R Collins (above) for The Traitor Game . The award also acknowledged her editor, Emma...
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Friday, 10th July 2009
Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, is to chair the judging panel for a worldwide poetry competition for seven to 11-year olds. The Old Possum's Children's Poetry Competition...
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Thursday, 9th July 2009
The CLPE Poetry Award for 2009 has gone to John Agard for The Young Inferno , illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura (Frances Lincoln).
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Monday, 6th July 2009
The Harry Bowling Prize , instituted in 2000 following the death of the Headline saga writer, is to be awarded at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Romantic...
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Monday, 6th July 2009
The Edge Hill Short Story Prize , worth £5,000, has gone to Chris Beckett for his collection The Turing Test , published by Elastic Press - which closed at the start of...
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Sunday, 5th July 2009
A book published by indie house Beautiful Books is among the tiles in contention for the 2009 Cork-City Frank O'Connor Short Story Award , at 35,000 euros the richest...
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Wednesday, 1st July 2009
Philip Hoare (above) last night (30 June) won the £20,000 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction with Leviathan , 'a passionate, intense' book published by Fourth Estate...
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Monday, 29th June 2009
Chris Longmuir has won the £10,000 Dundee International Book Prize , said to be the most valuable literary award for an unpublished writer.
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