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Chinese poet Duo Duo (Li Shizheng) awarded Neustadt Prize
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An international jury representing nine countries selected critically acclaimed Chinese poet Duo Duo (多多) as the 2010 laureate of the $50,000 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international magazine, World Literature Today. The decision was made during ...1 week ago -
Tymon Smith’s Top Ten SA Books of 2009 (with Podcasts)
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Alert! The “top books of 2009″ lists keep coming out - and now Sunday Times books editor Tymon Smith has just posted his, an all-SA Lit affair that features BOOK SA members Kevin Bloom , Margie Orford and Alistair Morgan . Smith’s post, which lists the ten favoured books “in no particular ...1 week ago -
queer literary community: our time is coming
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Elliott Bay, one of Seattles storied independent book shops, is moving from Pioneer Square to Capitol Hill . Its good news for me. I havent been able to give a reading at Elliott Bay for years; the old space is inaccessible and has no parking. The new digs, however, will have dedicated parking and will be fully ...2 weeks ago -
The Book Lounge’s Books of the Year 2009
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Alert! The Book Lounge has released its list of 2009’s must-have reads - a terrific, considered collection of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and cookbooks that features many works of SA Lit (all shown above). Congratulations to BOOK SA members André Brink , Petina Gappah , Margie Orford , Sarah Lotz , ...2 weeks ago -
Q&A with Megan Voysey-Braig
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Megan Voysey-Braig, winner of the 2007/08 EU Literary Award for Till We Can Keep an Animal , answers some questions posed by the Mail & Guardian : Tell us about your everyday writing routine Everyday? I wish I could be that disciplined! It involves a lot of pacing, swigging back the tea and coffee and ...3 weeks ago -
Tymon Smith Reviews Saracen at the Gates by Zinaid Meeran
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Verdict: carrot Carefully balancing hilarity, romance and poignancy, Meeran paints a convincing portrait of a world of fluid identities, rigid customs, crazy lesbian punks and sex-slave traders. A fast-moving, wholly modern romp of a novel that hopefully marks the beginning of a promising career, this is one of the ...3 weeks ago -
what books worth a prize this year?
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The deadline for submitting nominees for the Lambda Literary Award is rapidly approaching (its Tuesday). So this is your last chance to nudge authors and publishers to submit books for consideration. The better the nominees, the better the reputation of the award, and so the better the reputation of quiltbag ...4 weeks ago -
New $5,000 Christian Literary Award Established
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The Word Guild – November 24, 2009 New $5,000 Christian Literary Award Established TORONTO – A new literary prize for Canadian Christian writers will be the largest of its kind. The $5,000 award, established to honour the late author Grace Irwin, will celebrate the best book published in 2009 by a Canadian ...4 weeks ago -
The Nobel Prize for Literature: A Slightly Irreverent FAQ
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What is it? The Nobel Prize for Literature is one of 5 annual prizes awarded since 1901 according to the last will of industrialist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), also known for inventing dynamite. (The others are chemistry, medicine, physics and peace; the Swedish National Bank invented an economics prize "in memory of ...5 weeks ago
