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The possibility of Simon Mawer’s Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Glass Room (Other Press) running off the tracks into banality is immanent in its elementsthankfully, it stays the course, as a superlative story ranging over 60 years (1929-1990)... Full Article at The Morning News
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What’s your favorite Margaret Atwood book? Ask seven of your reader friends, and chances are you’ll get seven different answers. Full Article at Boston Globe
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Winner of the 2009 Booker Prize for fiction Hilary Mantel with their book ' Wolf Hall ' poses for photographers following the announcement in central London, Tuesday. Oct. 6, 2009. View Photo »
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It's an honor to be asked to chair the Man Booker Prize, which has consistently been a focus for the best fiction of recent years ... It's an exciting challenge too -- a lot of difficult decisions lie ahead. I greatly look forward to a year of reading voraciously.
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Once, during a night out in London, Amanda Ross overheard a man on a neighbouring table castigating his wife for reading a book recommended by the Richard and Judy Book Club. Full Article at The Telegraph
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Arundhati Roy's move from prose to politics has not been popular, writes Matt Wade in New Delhi. mid the clamour of voices debating the future of the world's biggest democracy, few stand out like Arundhati Roy's. Twelve years ago she shot to fame... Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald
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Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was born in Helsinki into Finland's Swedish-speaking minority. Her father was a sculptor and her mother a graphic designer and illustrator. Full Article at The New York Book Review
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Winner of the 2009 Booker Prize for fiction Hilary Mantel with their book ' Wolf Hall ' poses for photographers following the announcement in central London, Tuesday. Oct. 6, 2009. View Photo »
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I'm really proud of the Off the Shelf festival because it really does bring together authors and writers and other performers of the highest quality. We knew that we'd secured one Booker Prize winner for the festival for the first time this year, Ben Okri, but now, with Hilary Mantel's success, we've in...
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The Bad Sex in Fiction Awards include some of writing's biggest names. So, do authors find it difficult to write about sex? Over the years, some of literature's most glittering names have competed for one of its least coveted prizes. Full Article at BBC News
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Costa Awards are given annually to authors based in the United Kingdom and Ireland for what the jury deems the "most enjoyable books of the year." On November 24, shortlists for the 2009 awards were announced. Full Article at The Independent
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Man Booker Prize shortlisted authorr A S Byatt poses at Hatchards in Piccadilly, ahead of the Man Booker Prize 2009 on October 5, 2009 in London, England.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Man Booker Prize shortlisted authorr A S Byatt poses at Hatchards in Piccadilly, ahead of the Man Booker Prize 2009 on October 5, 2009 in London, England.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Man Booker Prize shortlisted authorr A S Byatt poses with her book The Children's Book at Hatchards in Piccadilly, ahead of the Man Booker Prize 2009 on October 5, 2009 in London, England.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER Four of the five Man Booker Prize shortlisted authors (L-R) Adam Foulds with his book The Quickening Maze, Hilary Mantel with her book Wolf Hall, A S Byatt with her book The Children's Book and Simon Mawer with his book The Glassroom at Hatchards in Piccadi...
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The Man Booker Prize shortlisted authors Adam Foulds (L), Hilary Mantel (2nd L), A S Byatt (2nd R) and Simon Mawer pose for photographers in London October 5, 2009. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony on Tuesday night.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 08: The six shortlisted books for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2009 are displayed in the Man Group headquarters shortly after being announced on September 8, 2009 in London, England.
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It's an honor to be asked to chair the Man Booker Prize, which has consistently been a focus for the best fiction of recent years ... It's an exciting challenge too -- a lot of difficult decisions lie ahead. I greatly look forward to a year of reading voraciously.
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I'm really proud of the Off the Shelf festival because it really does bring together authors and writers and other performers of the highest quality. We knew that we'd secured one Booker Prize winner for the festival for the first time this year, Ben Okri, but now, with Hilary Mantel's success, we've in...
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I think Peter Carey said at some point that for an author to win the Booker Prize was like being in a train crash. Now if that is so I can tell you that at this moment I'm happily flying through the air.
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Mantel is the first ever odds-on favourite for the Booker Prize and if she wins she will be breaking a run where the favourite hasn't won since 1999
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Booker Prize 2009... Ian McEwan with Saturday is currently the hottest ever favourite to win.
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