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The Nebula Awards have been recognizing and rewarding greatness in science fiction writing since 1965. Nebulas are handed out by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and their annual event celebrates the books of the previous year. The 2011 winners have just been announced: Novel Winner: Among Others by Jo Walton Novella Winner: [...]

The BC Book Prizes were handed out in Vancouver on Saturday evening. Victoria’s Esi Edugyan, who has probably built an extension to house all her trophies, won the fiction prize for Half-Blood Blues – a novel about jazz musicians in Germany. She had already won the Giller Prize, been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and [...]

The shortlisted nominees for the 2012 Orange Prize have been announced.

The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Committeed of Judges declined to award a prize in the fiction category, but the drama, non-fiction, poetry and biography Pulitzer Prizes are alive and well.

The BC Book Prizes have announced the shortlist for the 2012 awards. Esi Edugyan and Carmen Aguirre are the big names on the list. Edugyan has already won the Giller Prize for Half-Blood Blues. What’s especially interesting and noteworthy is that while Edugyan is up for the fiction prize, so is her husband, Steven Price, [...]

The Bookseller magazine has announced the shortlist for the Diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year. Lots of gems as usual, including Peter Gosson’s A Century of Sand Dredging in the Bristol Channel (vol 2) and Mr Andoh’s Pennine Diary: Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge. Gosson’s maritime [...]

AbeBooks is pleased to announce that we have been named one of British Columbia’s Top Employers for 2012.

American novelist David Guterson, famous for his Pacific Northwest novel Snow Falling on Cedars, has won the Literary Review’s bad sex in fiction award for his latest novel, Ed King. The Guardian reports he had “over-reliance on coy terms such as ‘family jewels’, ‘back door’ and ‘front parlour.’” Ed King is a modern interpretation of [...]

The National Book Awards were handed out last night at a swanky evening of literary backslapping in New York – just down the road from the Occupy protests. The fiction winner was Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. Signed copies are few and far between. Téa Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife was the hot favorite to [...]

Well done to Victoria’s Esi Edugyan for winning the 2011 Giller Prize last night for her novel, Half-Blood Blues. Today, she’s banking a cheque for $50,000. If you don’t know her or her book, then read our interview with this author. A new mother resplendent in a black gown and sparkling silver necklace, Ms. Edugyan [...]