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Orange ends sponsorship of Prize for Fiction

The U.K. phone company Orange announced today that it will terminate its sponsorship of the Orange Prize for Fiction, which it has lent its name to since the prize's establishment in 1996. The mobile services ... Read More »

May 22, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Esi Edugyan makes Orange Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

Esi Edugyan has made the Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist. The award celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in women's writing. Edugyan's novel Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers) will compete against Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz, ... Read More »

April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

The anatomy of Ann Patchett’s influence

By Steven W. Beattie

Last year, PEN/Faulkner Award winner Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore in Nashville (a city that previously had no bookstore of its own). Her efforts to support independent bookselling have secured her a ... Read More »

April 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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