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The shortlist for the 18th Forward Prize for Poetry has been announced. Respected poets Sharon Olds, Hugo Williams and Christopher Reid are in the running for best collection for the first time in the annual awards. Peter Porter, who won the award in...
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Roger Hiorns filled a derelict flat with sparkling blue chemical structures while Richard Wright paints directly onto gallery walls. Surrealist Enrico David and Lucy Skaer, who bases her work on photographs she has found, also compete for the prize. The...
Tags: Turner Prize, Richard Wright (author), Britain, Enrico David, Roger Hiorns, prize shortlisted, South London, Lucy Skaer
The Booker Prize shortlist was announced this afternoon, and, no surprise, people are already pissed about it. Industry newsletter Publisher's Lunch (sub. required) noted : "What a 'shock.' As usual, manufactured 'surprise' is the fuel of the Booker publicity...
Tags: booker prize, Salman Rushdie, Aravind Adiga, Florence, booker shortlisted, news, white tiger, prize shortlisted, Man Booker, booker judged
Aravind Adiga and Steve Toltz are in the running for the prestigious prize with their maiden novels. Linda Grant is the only woman to make the list, along with former nominee Philip Hensher, Sebastian Barry and Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. The winning...
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