Adam Thorpe's astonishing novel Hodd, a retelling of the myth of Robin Hood told through the long-lost testimony of Much the Minstrel, has been shortlisted for the inaugural Walter Scott Prize, presented at the Borders Book Festival in June ...
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Maria Allen's debut novel joins two other titles on the third shortlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize, the prize for new fiction.  The winner is announced on 24th June 2010.
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Philip OCeallaigh is again nominated for the Frank O'Connor Prize 2009 for his second story collection, The Pleasant Light of Day, published by Penguin Ireland in February.  His first collection, Notes From a Turkish Whorehouse, was ...
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Regi Claire joins Janice Galloway, A.L. Kennedy, James Buchan, Robert Crawford and John Macleod on the shortlist for the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year for her brilliant short story collection Fighting It.  The winner will be announced on ...
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Jon Hotten's breathtaking account of the life and death of Rick Parker in the shimmering cities of America's South in the 1980's joins twelve other titles to compete for the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year
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Amanda Smyth's debut novel is one of twelve new voices chosen by Waterstones as one to watch.  She joins Mari Strachan, Richard Milward, Anthony Quinn and Yiyun Lee amongst others on the list which last year introduced us to Sadie Jones' ...
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Catherine O'Flynn's What Was Lost has been awarded the Galaxy British Book Award for Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year at a ceremony hosted by Richard & Judy on April 9th.  She beat off competition from Stef Penney, Paul Torday, Markus ...
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Catherine O'Flynn's novel What Was Lost has been awarded the 2007 Costa First Novel Award, and will now compete for the Costa Book of the Year, decided on 22nd January 2008.  Her fellow category winners are:

A.L. Kennedy ...
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Ewan Morrison's debut novel Swung is shortlisted for the Le Prince Maurice Prize for literary love stories 2008, alongside James Meek and Sally Vickers.  Now in its sixth year, this prize is awarded to an English-speaking writer ...
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Kevin Barry's There Are Little Kingdoms has been shortlisted for another prize - this time the Irish Newcomer of the Year.  The winner will be announced at Mansion House, Dublin, on April 24th.
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