Archive for August, 2006

2006 Guardian First Book prize shortlist announced

Date: August 24, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments

The shortlist for the 2006 Guardian First Book prize, awarding new writing across fiction and non-fiction, has been announced. The list is:
Carrie Tiffany: Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living (fiction)
Lorraine Adams: Harbor (fiction)
John Donne: The Reformed Soul (biography)
Henry Nicholls: Lonesome George: The Lives and Loves of a Conservation Icon (natural history)
Jason Roberts: A Sense of the [...]

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2006 Quill Awards voting list announced

Date: August 24, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments

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Winner of the 2006 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize announced

Date: August 21, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments

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Man Booker Prize 2006 longlist announced

Date: August 15, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments

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Claudio Magris awarded Austria’s annual state prize

Date: August 1, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments

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