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Regional winners announced for Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010

I don’t know whether you caught my mammoth Commonwealth Writers’ Prize shortlist post last month, but the regional winners for the prize have now been announced, and the finalists, from which an overall winner will be chosen at the start of April, is as follows: Regional Winners – Best Book Africa: The Double Crown by Marié Heese.... [Read more of this news article]

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‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 10th March 2010

American Book Review’s Top 40 Bad Books – There’s an interesting run down in the latest edition of American Book Review, on what is considered to be the 40 worst books in American literature. It’s hard enough to define what makes a bad book at the best of times – as the introduction to the article itself admits –... [Read more of this news article]

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‘Book Bites’ for Monday 8th March 2010

Kyle Minor short up at Fifty-Two Stories – I really, really, need to catch up on my reading of the short story offerings at Fifty-Two Stories, because another plate of steaming story has been placed on the serving platter, and it looks to be a tasty one. This time it’s a story called The Truth and All Its Ugly, and it comes from Ohio-based... [Read more of this news article]

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Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010 regional shortlists unveiled

Get ready for a full on book feast because earlier today the regional shortlists for this year’s Commonwealth Writers’ Prize were announced, and I’m ready to give you the run down. Before I do that though, I’ll give you a bit of background info: Presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation, the aim of the Commonwealth Writers’... [Read more of this news article]

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‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 17th February 2010

Best Translated Book Award shortlists announced – Those interested in works-in-translation may like to know that the shortlist for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards (BTBA) has been announced. The winner will be announced on March 10th. Full details over at the Three Percent website. If you want more information (and some may argue better,... [Read more of this news article]

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‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 16th February 2010

Van Booy makes another appearance at Fifty-Two Stories – As I strive to catch up with them, the reading offerings keep on coming over at Fifty-Two Stories, Harper Perennial’s portal of free short stories. And the latest author to be served up is none other than old favourite Simon van Booy with French Artist Killed in Sunday’s Earthquake,... [Read more of this news article]

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‘Book Bites’ for Monday 15th February 2010

Hemon discusses European literature – Fans of short stories, European literature and Aleksandar Hemon would definitely be interested in the latest Guardian Book podcast. In it Hemon talks about the tough job he had selecting shorts for Dalkey’s Best European Fiction 2010 anthology (a book I mentioned briefly in an On The Radar post last August).... [Read more of this news article]

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