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Hilary Mantel: an early Booker favourite

Since being longlisted last week for the 2009 Man Booker Prize, British novelist Hilary Mantel has gone from being a relative outsider on a star-studded list to the overwhelming favourite to take home the £50,000 ... Read More »

August 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The New Yorker slobbers over Alice Munro

By Nathan Whitlock

Among the many reactions to Alice Munro's well-deserved winning of the Man Booker International Prize, one of the more interesting is that of The New Yorker, the magazine that has published the lion's share of ... Read More »

May 29, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

How the Booker ruined James Kelman’s career

By Stuart Woods

When James Kelman won the Booker prize in 1994, the Scottish novelist surely expected that Britain's top literary award would propel him to a wider readership. But in a rare interview appearing in The Sunday ... Read More »

May 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Gaiman to headline Luminato literary programming

By Scott MacDonald

The Toronto-based Luminato arts festival has announced its 2009 lineup, and fanboys the city over will be pleased to know that the theme for the literary programming is "fantasy, horror, and Gothic." They'll likely be ... Read More »

March 18, 2009 | Filed under: Events

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

By Steven W. Beattie

In preparation for tomorrow's Scotiabank Giller Prize gala award ceremony, the National Post has recruited a cadre of industry insiders, authors, and commentators for a special online roundtable about literary awards and their effects on ... Read More »

November 10, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Moore, Lansens have eyes on Orange prize

By Leigh Anne Williams

Two Canadian authors have made the longlist for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (the award formerly known as the Orange Prize). Among the 20 contenders are Lori Lansens' The Girls (published by Knopf Canada ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

Orange Prize: there's good news and bad news

By Alison Jones

An article for the Independent discusses the recently announced longlist for Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, a prize for women writers, and the overall disappointment that this year's chair, Muriel Gray, feels about the books ... Read More »

March 20, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Industry news

Misery loves company

By Alison Jones

As reported in an article from the Independent, "misery literature" is gaining in popularity, especially in the form of memoirs. Last year, the bestselling memoir in the UK, Behind Closed Doors by Jenny Tomlin, which ... Read More »

March 6, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Booker shortlist announced

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well, Mary Lawson's The Other Side of the Bridge didn't manage to make the jump from the Man Booker Prize longlist to the just-announced shortlist. But there is good news for a couple of Canadian ... Read More »

September 14, 2006 | Filed under: Awards

Lawson in the running for Booker

By Leigh Anne Williams

Mary Lawson is representing for Canada on the Man Booker Prize longlist, which was announced today. Lawson's soon-to-be-released second novel, The Other Side of the Bridge, is one of 19 longlisted titles and the sole ... Read More »

August 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Booker Prize

Hilary Mantel: an early Booker favourite

The New Yorker slobbers over Alice Munro

How the Booker ruined James Kelman’s career

Gaiman to headline Luminato literary programming

National Post hosts online Giller roundtable

Moore, Lansens have eyes on Orange prize

Orange Prize: there's good news and bad news

Misery loves company

Booker shortlist announced

Lawson in the running for Booker

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