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Man Asian Literary Prize looks for new title sponsor
he Man Asian Literary Prize, a major award for Asian literature from Iran to China, is seeking a new sponsor after the Man Group Plc withdrew its title sponsorship on Thursday. #NewsTracker #Man Booker Prize #Man Asian Literary Prize #Asian literature
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Hilary Mantel wins 2nd Booker Prize for 'Bring Up the Bodies'
British writer Hilary Mantel won the prestigious Booker literary prize for a second time Tuesday with her blood-soaked Tudor saga Bring Up the Bodies, which the head of the judging panel said had "rewritten the book" on historical fiction. #NewsTracker #Booker prize #Hillary Mantel #Bring Up the Bodies #Wolf Hall
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Hilary Mantel leads Booker race
Judges are choosing the winner of Britain's most prestigious literary trophy from a shortlist that includes novels set in the court of King Henry VIII and the opium dens of Mumbai. #NewsTracker #Man Booker Prize #Hilary Mantel
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Guardian UnlimitedHoward Jacobson wins second Wodehouse prize for comic fiction
Howard Jacobson's comic reputation has received a boost, after the novelist became the first writer to take the UK's only prize for comic fiction for a second time. Jacobson was named winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic writing tod #Howard Jacobson #Michael Frayn #James Naughtie
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Guardian UnlimitedIs this the end of fiction's genre wars?
Well, not to publishers and booksellers, who seem the section of the literary world most wedded to genre distinctions: you'll still find China Miéville and Lauren Beukes in fantasy, Ken MacLeod and Iain M Banks in sci-fi, Sophie Hannah and Ruth Rendell i #China #Howard Jacobson #John Berger
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Guardian UnlimitedThe Man Booker International prize finalists speak: Part Two
Which of your books would you recommend to a reader approaching your work for the first time? I always answer this question by recommending the most recent of my books – in this case, Three Strong Women. I always feel closest to the book that I've writte #Great Britain #Yugoslavia #Europe