Orange to End Sponsorship of Prize for Fiction
Orange Prize for Fiction co-founder Kate Mosse revealed today that the mobile phone company Orange will end its sponsorship of the U.K. literary award that bears its name.
The Prize for Fiction carries a £30,000 award, and winners receive a bronze fig...
Hailey Leithauser Wins Emily Dickinson First Book Award
Hailey Leithauser has won the Poetry Foundation’s 2012 Emily Dickinson First Book Award. The 57-year-old poet has been writing off and on since the late 1970s. Since 2000, her work has been published in The Antioch Review, The Gettysburg Review, Pl...
Karen Russell Wins NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award
The New York Public Library revealed that Karen Russell is the winner of the 2012 Young Lions Fiction Award for her debut novel, Swamplandia! The award includes a $10,000.
This award recognizes an American writer 35-years-old or younger for publishing ...
Jeff Kinney Wins Author of the Year Award at 2012 Children’s Choice Book Awards
Wimpy Kid series author and illustrator Jeff Kinney was crowned “Author of the Year” at the Children’s Choice Book Awards gala in New York City. This marked the second year in a row that a middle grade author has emerged victorious in ...
Jeff Kinney Wins Author of the Year Award at 2012 Children’s Choice Book Awards
Wimpy Kid series author and illustrator Jeff Kinney was crowned “Author of the Year” at the Children’s Choice Book Awards gala in New York City. This marked the second year in a row that a middle grade author has emerged victorious in ...
Jane Rogers Wins Arthur C. Clarke Award for ‘The Testament of Jessie Lamb’
Jane Rogers has won the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel, The Testament of Jessie Lamb.
Below, we’ve embedded free samples of all the books on the shortlist for the UK’s prestigious science fiction prize.
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Ben Lerner Wins The Believer Book Award
Poet and novelist Ben Lerner has won The Believer Book Award for his novel, Leaving the Atocha Station. Below, we’ve linked to free samples of all the books on the shortlist.
Check it out: “In Lerner’s hilarious and sensitive novel, Leavi...
2012 Edgar Award Winners Revealed
The Mystery Writers of America have revealed the winners of this year’s Edgar Awards. The annual prize is named after beloved writer Edgar Allan Poe, awarded to the best authors in the mystery genre since 1945.
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Lack Of Pulitzer Didn’t Hurt Book Sales
While no Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction this year, it didn’t hurt book sales as many booksellers worried.
In fact, the controversial press may have helped sales for Train Dreams by Denis Johnson, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell and Th...
Orwell Prize 2012 Shortlist: Free Samples
The shortlist for the 2012 Orwell Prize shortlist has been revealed. Below, we’ve linked to free samples of all the finalists.
Here’s more about the award: “The Prize was established in its present form by the late Professor Sir Berna...
LA Times Book Prize Winners Revealed
This year’s winners of the Los Angeles Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been revealed, celebrating the best books of the year.
Below, we’ve linked to free samples of the award-winning books for your reading pleasure. The winners were reve...
