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Express yourself: Arts Council's new way to judge how well public money is spent
 Arts Self-assessment at heart of plan to cut bureaucracy Proposed regime could be model for public sector ... » read the rest of this story  Posted on 13/05/2008 | Post Comment |
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Comma Press author up for Edge Hill Short Story Prize
Comma Press author Robert Shearman's debut collection, Tiny Deaths, has been named on the five-strong short-list for the 2008 Edge Hill Short Story Prize The debut collection by a writer previously known only for his dramatic work has... » read the rest of this story Posted on 13/05/2008 | Post Comment |
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Agent Clare Alexander wins Walwyn prize
Literary agent Clare Alexander has won this year's Kim Scott Walwyn Prize honouring outstanding achievements by women in publishing, receiving a cheque for £3,000 at last night's award ceremony in Oxford.... » read the rest of this story Posted on 09/05/2008 | Post Comment |
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Self-published author takes competition to bestseller rivals
This year's 39-strong longlist for the €35,000 Frank O'Connor international short story prize sees a runaway American bestseller vying with an almost unknown, self-published author. Also on the list is WriteWorder Vanessa Gebbie.... » read the rest of this story Posted on 07/05/2008 | Post Comment |
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Genetically-modified assassin takes Arthur C Clarke prize
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Authors launch literary festival in cities of the West Bank
Roddy Doyle, Esther Freud, David Hare and Ahdaf Soueif will this week launch the first international literary festival in the occupied Palestinian territories. Seventeen British, American, Indian and Arab authors will visit four West Bank c... » read the rest of this story Posted on 06/05/2008 | Post Comment |
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James Tait Black & Ondaatje Prizes
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid's fictional study of a neo-imperial identity crisis and John Burnside's chilling tale The Devil's Footprints are both in the running for this year's instalment of the James Tait Bla... » read the rest of this story Posted on 29/04/2008 | Post Comment |
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Self-published memoir shortlisted for PEN/Ackerley prize
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Carnegie shortlist takes children back in time
The 1970s is as contemporary as it gets for the children's authors in contention for this year's Carnegie medal, the UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book award. The seven-strong shortlist for the medal spans a ra... » read the rest of this story Posted on 21/04/2008 | Post Comment |
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New digital book browser makes 500 authors readable online
A new digital book-browsing tool is to make the full works of about 500 authors, including Sebastian Faulks and Jacqueline Wilson, available to read and search online. Launched today at the London Book Fair, the application by the publishe... » read the rest of this story Posted on 15/04/2008 | Post Comment |
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