All-female shortlist unveiled for 2012 Edge Hill Short Story Prize

The 2012 Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlist has been announced and there is a distinct air of femininity about it. For the the first time in the Prize's six year history, the shortlist is an all-female affair. Drawn from a record longlist of 31 … [Read more...]

Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2012 longlist

The nominees for this year's Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award have been announced, revealing a record breaking longlist of 77 short story collections from 17 different countries. Despite a €10,000 drop in the overall winner's … [Read more...]

Daily Bookshot: A Dead Man – signed, sealed and delivered

A Dead Man - signed, sealed and delivered, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Like every keen reader I like to enter as many book-flavoured competitions as I can (there's a good one going on at RobAroundBooks right now as it happens (at the … [Read more...]

‘Man Booker Dozen’ for 2009 announced

Well fellow readers today was the day that the eagerly awaited Man Booker longlist was announced. So for your delight and delectation here's the line-up, presented to you in glorious technicolor (note: all covers link to the relevant page on the … [Read more...]