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Fiction, Literary Awards, News

The 2011 Man Booker International Prize. Judge for Yourself!

The Man Booker International Prize 2011 finalists were announced yesterday. It’s more of  a “lifetime” achievement award, so no real dark horses to send us all scurrying to Wikipedia for bios and bibliographies.  The general consensus is that it’s a good list, – one likely to give the three judges some sleepless nights between now and May 18th. Wang Anvi (China) Juan Goytisolo (Spain) James … Continue reading The 2011 Man Booker International Prize. Judge for Yourself!

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Fiction, Literary Awards, Non-Fiction

National Book Award Blog Bounce

In case anyone was wondering, I’m getting caught up on my reading.   In the meantime, the list of National Book Award Finalists came out last week.  I haven’t read any of the Fiction Finalists, so I’m providing links to those who have. Peter Carey  Parrot and Olivier in America (Alfred A. Knopf) Jaimy Gordon  Lord of Misrule (McPherson & Co.) Nicole Krauss  Great House (W.W. … Continue reading National Book Award Blog Bounce

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Literary Awards, News

The National Book Award… honest, we have a National book award… they have a website…

It happened again. The National Book Award released a list of finalists and I completely missed it. Fortunately, The Huffington Post was on the ball, so check out the link at the end of this post. I really wish this prize was better marketed. They even tried to jazz it up this year for the 60th Anniversary by allowing readers to vote for the best … Continue reading The National Book Award… honest, we have a National book award… they have a website…

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