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BOOK NEWS: The Tenderness of Wolves
BOOK NEWS: The Tenderness of Wolves
21 July 2008
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney has been in my to be read pile for such a long time now that I've (almost) forgotten about it. The debut novel has, however, just won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award(for some reason I didn't expect  More
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Melissa Nathan award winner announced
Melissa Nathan award winner announced
19 June 2008
Lisa Jewell's 31 Dream Street won the second annual Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance. Other awards announced included the Best Bastard category, which went to Victoria CLayton for her character Sebastian in A Girl's Guide to Kissing Frogs; Best...  More
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Joanna Kavenna on chick lit
Joanna Kavenna on chick lit
6 June 2008
Don't know who she is? Neither did I until this morning. Her novel, Inglorious, has just won the Orange Prize for New Writers and Shami Chakrabarti, chair of judges for the award, called it "Dostoevsky meets Bridget Jones". There's...  More
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Rose Tremain wins Orange Prize...
Rose Tremain wins Orange Prize...
5 June 2008
... and no-one is the least bit surprised. Yes, the long-time favourite Rose Tremain has won this year's Orange Prize for Fiction with The Road Home. I'd hope Patricia Wood's wonderful Lottery might take it, but it wasn't to be....  More
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Orange Prize 2008 shortlist
Orange Prize 2008 shortlist
16 April 2008
There are three debut novels on the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction shortlist. Lullabies For Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill, The Outcast by Sadie Jones and Lottery by Patricia Wood. Also on the list are long-time author Rose Tremain with...  More
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Galaxy British Book Awards 2008
Galaxy British Book Awards 2008
11 April 2008
Lovely JK Rowling has been awarded an outstanding achievement prize at the Galaxy British Book Awards. Also honoured were Ian McEwan (I bet he loved getting one alongside JK!), Khaled Hosseini and Ewan McGregor. Gordon Brown praised Rowling for...  More
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Orange Prize 2008 longlist
Orange Prize 2008 longlist
19 March 2008
The Orange Prize is awarded for excellence in fiction by women and the longlist for 2008 has just been announced. I was excited to see a blast from my past - Stella Duffy - there. I read her early Saz...  More
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