Per Petterson wins International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Date: June 18, 2007 | Discussion: 2 Comments
Norwegian novelist Per Petterson has been awarded the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel Out Stealing Horses. The €100,000 award is the world’s largest literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English, and is chosen by a panel of international judges from a shortlist of over a hundred (this [...]
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Chinua Achebe wins Man Booker International
Date: June 15, 2007 | Discussion: 1 Comment
The Nigerian novelist, poet and literary critic Chinua Achebe has won the 2007 Man Booker International Prize. The £60,000 prize is awarded once every two years to a living author, whose body of work “has contributed to an achievement in fiction on the world stage”. This is the second time the award has been handed [...]
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2007 Griffin Poetry Prize winners announced
Date: June 11, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
Winners of the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize have been announced. The International Award goes to Charles Wright for his Scar Tissue, while the Canadian Winner is Don McKay for Strike/Slip.
The C$100,000 poetry prize has been awarded annually since 2000, and aims to “serve and encourage excellence in poetry written in or translated into English anywhere [...]
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Adichie wins Orange Prize For Fiction
Date: June 11, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won the 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, a £30,000 award given annually for the best English-language novel by a female author of any nationality. This was the 12th time the award was handed out.
Half of a Yellow Sunby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This highly anticipated novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is set [...]
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Montana NZ Book Awards shortlists announced
Date: June 3, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
The 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards shortlists have been announced. The award recognizes the best writing by New Zealand citizens.
This year’s finalists are:
2007 FICTION FINALISTS:
The Cowboy Dog by Nigel Cox
The Fainter by Damien Wilkins
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
My Name Was Judas by C.K. Stead
Ocean Roads by James George
2007 BEST FIRST BOOK FICTION FINALISTS:
Davey Darling [...]
