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Anna Funder’s debut novel All That I Am is the 2012 winner of the Miles Franklin Award. Presented annually since 1957, it is Australia’s most coveted literary prize, recognising excellence in big names and fresh faces alike. And to those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s an excellent starting point to delve into a [...]

It’s the first time ever that the same book has been awarded both the Carnegie Medal (for excellence in writing for children) and the Kate Greenaway Medal (for excellence in illustration for children). Each prize is conferred upon the winner by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and consists of a gold [...]

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

The longlist for Canada’s Scotiabank 2010 Giller Prize has been announced.

Congratulations to Barbara Kingsolver, whose latest novel “The Lacuna” has triumphed over heavyweights “Wolf Hall” (Hilary Mantel) and “The Gate at the Stairs” (Lorrie Moore) to take the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.

This year, I was lucky enough to attend the 2010 BC Book Prizes Awards Dinner and Gala. It was a thrill to be surrounded by book industry people, all talking about writing, publishing, and the evolution of the….(more)

The winners of the Bram Stoker Awards were announced over the weekend at the annual banquet dinner, which this year was held in England on the pier in Brighton. Best Novel: Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan Best First Novel: Damnable by Hank Schwaeble Best Long Fiction: The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton Best Non-Fiction: Writers [...]

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina wins the Diagram Prize/Bookseller Magazine’s annual award for the oddest book title of the year.

The Orange Prize, which is awarded for excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing, has released its long list for the 2010 prize which includes the most recent Booker winner Hilary Mantel. The Orange Prize Long List • Rosie Alison by The Very Thought of You • Eleanor Catton – The Rehearsal • Clare Clark [...]

Book collecting is often thought of as a pursuit for your more mature years, I only would ever agree to that because if you are not careful it can cost a small fortune to buy all of the books that excite you, and often those means only come a little later in life. However expenditure [...]