Philip Hoare Wins Samuel Johnson Prize for Leviathan (30 June 2009)
Philip Hoare has won the Samuel Johnson Prize 2009 for his non-fiction book Leviathan, an extraordinary journey into the underwater world of the whale.
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Iran's National Poet Speaks Out (28 June 2009)
Iran's 82 year old national poet Simin Behbahani recites two poems inspired by recent events.
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Nandan Nilekani author of 'Imagining India' quits infosys to head new Indian Govt Agency (25 June 2009)
Nandan Nilekani, author of Imagining India quits infosys, India's second largest technology company to head new govt agency Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
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Alain de Botton's attack on a reviewer is in a fine tradition of literary punch-ups -Philip Hensher on legendary insults http://bit.ly/dfqJQ
I will hate you till the day I die and wish you nothing but ill will in every career move you make - Alain de Botton... http://bit.ly/dfqJQ
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Author Updates  Nandan Nilekani
Nandan Nilekani, author of Imagining India quits infosys, India's second largest technology company to head new govt agency Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). (Via Booksconnect) |
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1) Declan Kiberd 'Irish Classics'. Kiberd attended Trinity College Dublin, and then Oxford, he speaks fluent Irish and studied under Richard Ellman whilst working on his thesis on Synge (that's the Ellman who wrote the seminal biographies of (Via Booksconnect) |
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| | Carnegie Medal 2009
Siobhan Dowd wins posthumous CILIP Carnegie Medal | | |
| | Two years after her untimely death from breast cancer at the age of 47, Siobhan Dowd’s fourth and final novel, ‘Bog Child’, has been awarded the UK’s premier accolade for children’s writing: the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2009.
“This is the greatest endorsement of the quality of Siobhan’s writing yet,” comments her editor and publisher, David Fickling, “The CILIP Carnegie Medal has real integrity and is unique amongst literary awards: there is no prize money; it does not reflect the commercial interests of publishers and book-sellers; it does not depend on votes or the celebrity status of the author Judged by librarians who spend their lives connecting young people to good writing it is the purest recognition of quality writing for children.”
Dowd wrote her fourth and final novel ‘Bog Child’ in Spring 2007, completing it just as Waterstone’s named her one of only three children’s authors amongst their 25 ‘Great Writers of the Future’.
‘Bog Child’ is set in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles
Previous years shortlist and winners
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| | Theakstons Crime Writers Novel of the Year 2009
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| | The winning title will be announced at the opening of the 2009 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate on Thursday 23 July at a glittering Awards Ceremony hosted by Radio 4’s Mark Lawson.
The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year is the only award of its kind voted for by the general reading public You can vote on the following link.
www.harrogate-festival.org.uk crime award polling-page
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Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 Shortlist Announced | | |
| | The shortlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009, the award for a first novel published in the UK, is announced today, Tuesday 26 May 2009 The line-up features three outstanding first novels described by the judges as 'three haunting books, all gripping in different ways'
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Latest Publishers Updates
cnposner books
We are an independent publisher bookseller, launched in 2009, specializing in the reprinting of old books. Our website is www.cnposnerbooks.co.uk
Our latest publication is the Green Bronze Mirror by Lynne Ellison, a book first published (Via Booksconnect) |
Weathervane Press
Formed in March 2009 we published our first title in April.
If the business model seems to work we will be looking for submissions later this year.
We are a regional fiction publisher with a primarily East Midlands focus based (Via Booksconnect) |
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