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Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize In Literature
Congratulations to Alice Munro, the Canadian author who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, which the Swedish Academy announced this (Thursday) morning. She is deemed to be “master of the...
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Writing competitions with deadlines coming up
The Exeter Novel Prize Closing date: 31st October 2013 Prizes: 1st £500. Five runners-up each £50 Entry fee: £12.00 This is for a novel that has never been published in any form, although the...
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Roald Dahl Funny Prize shortlist announced
Reviews and covers on Leeds Reads Pinterest The author Philip Ardagh,has been shortlisted for the 2013 Roald Dahl Funny Prize in the books for children aged 7-14 category. The Grunts All At Sea, which...
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Writing competitions with deadlines until December 31st
Upcoming writing competitions with Nov/Dec deadlines Scribble Ghost Story Competition Closing date: 1st November, 2013. Prizes: £100, £50, £25; publication in Scribble. Entry fee: £4 Ghost stories, up...
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Favourite Scottish books of the last 50 years
Despite her Harry Potter credentials and having written two bestselling novels for the grown ups, no JK Rowling title has made it on to the “Favourite Scottish books of the last 50 years list.” This is...
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Samuel Johnson prize winners announced tonight
The Samuel Johnson Prize winner will be announced tonight. It’s Britain’s leading prize for non-fiction and there are six titles in the running for the prestigious £20,000 prize. Some of the 18 long...
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#FF The Guardian First Book Award
NoViolet Bulawayo who was shortlisted for The Booker is among five writers to make this year’s list for the Guardian’s first book award. Her book ’We Need New Names‘ is one of four novels and a...
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Unwanted literary prize -The Bad Sex Award
The 21st annual award for the most embarrassing passage of sexual description in a novel will take place on Tuesday 3 December 2013. Have you read any of them? The prize aims to draw attention to the...
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Costa Book Awards 2013 – Poetry shortlist
Drysalter by Michael Symmons Roberts Michael Symmons Roberts’s sixth – and most ambitious – collection to date takes its name from the ancient trade in powders, chemicals, salts and dyes, paints and...
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Donal Ryan wins the Guardian’s first book award
Donal Ryan has won the Guardian’s first book award for The Spinning Heart: Synopsis -In the aftermath of Ireland’s financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. Through a chorus of...
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Upcoming Writing competitions
Up coming closing dates short story and poetry competitions Homestart Bridgewater Short Story Prize 2014. To support the Homesart Bridgewater charity. Stories up to 2,200 words, any theme, judged by...
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#Costawinner ‘The Shock of the Fall’
Debut novelist and ex mental health nurse Nathan Filer, who now lectures in creative writing, has beaten Kate Atkinson to the overall Costa prize with ‘The Shock of the Fall’. He is the fifth debut...
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Fiction uncovered open for self published authors
For the first time, self-published as well as published writers will be able to submit entries for Fiction Uncovered. Fiction submissions of all kinds – including novels, collections of short stories...
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The White Review Short Story Prize
About The White Review Short Story Prize The White Review Short Story Prize is an annual short story competition for emerging writers. The prize awards £2,500 to the best piece of short fiction by a...
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Do you write? Are you aged between 16-21
Do you write? Could this be you or someone you know? The Writing Squad is looking for writers aged between 16-21 who live, work or study in the North of England to join a free writer-development...
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The Folio Prize shortlist
The inaugural shortlist of the latest literary award on the block, the Folio Prize, has been unveiled, and it features five American authors. The final eight books - from 80 read in total by the Folio...
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It’s nearly Valentine’s Day …
#RomanticReads So let’s celebrate with these fine specimens of chick lit which have made one of the Romantic novels of the year shortlists, this one for: The Romantic Comedy Novel Jenny Colgan,...
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Modern Romance – the best
#RomanticReads Celebrate Valentine’s Day! The shortlist for the The Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year includes some titles Leeds readers have loved. Helen Chandler, Two for Joy – another 5 star...
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For all the epic romantics ..
#RomanticReads final lists from the shortlists for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year. Surely the best nomination must be Jessica Blair, revealed last year to be 90-year-old World War Two veteran, Bill...
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Does an award negatively affect a book?
Research has found that a book read after winning a prestigious award will likely be judged more negatively than if it’s read in its pre-award days. “The Paradox of Publicity: How Awards Can...
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