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Room by Emma Donoghue

BookMaven — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:51:47 +0000

Much hyped on acquisition and by its publisher since (and longlisted for the Booker prize last week), Room is set to be one of the big literary hits of the year. Certainly it is Emma Donoghue’s breakout novel, but, seemingly “inspired” by Josef Fritzl’s incarceration of his daughter Elisabeth, and the cases of Natascha Kampusch [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

German Publisher makes its mark with high-end bookstores

BookMaven — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:43:05 +0000

Taschen which sells large-scale art books costing in the thousands, expands its retail presence during a down economy. When you walk into the Taschen bookstore in Beverly Hills, it feels as if you are entering the lavish private library of an art scholar. Illuminated shelves are lined with stunning and elaborate volumes on artists, architects, [...] Related posts:

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Ebooks To Overtake Print Within Five Years

BookMaven — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:17:32 +0000

Sales of ebooks will overtake print books within the next five years, Sony has predicted. Steve Haber, president of Sony’s digital reading business division, said: “Within five years there will be more digital content sold than physical content. Three years ago, I said within ten years but I realised that was wrong – it’s within [...] Related posts:

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Ian Brown wins Charles Taylor Prize

BookMaven — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:50:15 +0000

Globe and Mail scribe Ian Brown is the winner of this year’s Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction, which was awarded this afternoon at a gala luncheon in Toronto. The prize, worth a cool $25,000, went to Brown’s memoir The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled Son (Random House Canada). Brown [...] Related posts:

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Colossus of odes: Philip Gross wins TS Eliot poetry prize for The Water Table

BookMaven — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:05:17 +0000

Collection of poems on the Severn estuary lands top award after beating tough opposition, including two former winners. A university professor’s detailed and lyrical meditations on the ever-changing waters of the Severn estuary tonight won him the UK’s most lucrative poetry prize against tough opposition. Philip Gross is a well established poet but far from [...] Related posts:

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“Non-pretentious” book snares prize

BookMaven — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:17:29 +0000

Australian poet Robert Gray has become the first Eastern Suburbs resident to win the Waverley Library Award for his work "The Land I Came Through Last".

The prize, had over 160 entries from all over Australia vying for the $20,000 prize money. Gray, who has won many awards for his seven poetry books, said the recognition

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Clive James in the running for the Costa book Award

BookMaven — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:40:42 +0000

Australian poet, author and TV personality Clive James is in the running for a prestigious 2009 Costa Book Award. James’ collection of poems, Angels Over Elsinore, is on the shortlist for the poetry prize given as part of the awards. The book includes reminiscences of the 70-year-old’s Australian childhood, observations on the 21st Century and [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Su Tong wins Man Asian literary prize

BookMaven — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:20:22 +0000

Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia’s top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist Party official’s attempts to rebuild his life, trumping a clutch of Indian writers on the shortlist. Su’s novel, “The Boat to Redemption” is about a womanizing Party official who castrates himself after being banished to a river [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The Boat sails on for Le…

BookMaven — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:48:06 +0000

Australia’s premier literary prize has been awarded to Nam Le, says a Sydney Morning Herald report. The Prime Minister’s Literary Award for fiction, which comes with a $100,000 purse, went to Le for The Boat. According to the SMH, “The much-awarded debut collection of short stories by Le, 30, who came to Australia as a [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.