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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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Around Whalefirth and the Herra by Catherine Ord
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Words of a White Peak Poet by F Philip Holland
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Just Call Me Daisy by Lyndsey Bradley
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2 Late 2 Change by Bebe Bond
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King Welfare by Martin Weinbren
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Save The Last Dance For Me by Anne L Harvey
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14 Days with Veerappan by Krupakar and Senani
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Authors Bookshelves
 Georgina Hambleton - 10 Irish classics new and old
 Niven Govinden - Suburbs, Spirited Young Narrators, Running..
 Jo Gambi - Books I will never forget
 Sebastian Peake - Books which have had the biggest impact so far
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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)
Georgina Hambleton
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)
Niven Govinden
@james_davies yes, always. Amazed at all the armstrong hating on the Tour btw (via Twitter)
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Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Is on tenterhooks in the murray match (via Twitter)
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Ashbourne Festival, 19th June 2009, to 5th July 2009, Ashbourne
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Faith Mortimer, 25th July 2009, 25th July Borders West Quay Southampton & 26 July Waterstones High St Guildford
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CHRIS CURTIS - THE TURNING POINT ^ A NOVEL, 8th August 2009, London , LA , Tokyo
 
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 Alain de Botton: You'll regret those words until your dying day
 Alain de Botton's attack on a book reviewer is in a fine tradition of literary punch-ups Novelist and critic Philip Hensher reviews some legendary insults and explains how he dishes up revenge
Telegraph article by Philip Hensher
   
 Alain De Botton Vs Caleb Crain -Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
 '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's response to Caleb Crain's review of his book 'Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' in the New York Times Review
Telegraph article by Philip Hensher
   
 Malcolm Gladwell Vs Chris Anderson on Is Free the Future?
 Malcolm Gladwell reviews Chris Anderson's latest book 'Free: The Future of a Radical Price' and discusses the error that technological utopians make in his article Is Free the Future? for New Yorker.

Chris Anderson answers back in his blog article - Why so threatened?

Telegraph article by Philip Hensher
   
 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
   
 Carnegie Medal 2009
Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2009
 Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2009
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks
Airman by Eoin Colfer
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd - Winner
   
 Theakstons Crime Writers Novel of the Year 2009
Theakstons Crime Writers Novel Shortlist Announced
 The shortlist was announced on 1st June for the 5th Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2009
   
 Theakstons Crime Writers Novel of the Year 2009
Voting / Awards
 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

   
 Desmond Elliott Prize
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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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)
Vintage Books
@Gurrilla That's brilliant! Only 45 mins left to enter twitter people. For 'bad' artists, it's not the best but my favourite that wins (via Twitter)
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