December 3, 2019
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1. Bad sex award goes to Didier Decoin and John Harvey 2. Nobel prize for literature hit by resignations 3. Malayalam poet and writer Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, 93, has been selected for the Jnanpith Award in 2019 4. Dalai Lama’s … Continue reading
December 5, 2017
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1. Elena Ferrante is writing again, publisher says 2. ‘China’s Tolkien’ aims to conquer western readers 3. Bad sex award won by Christopher Bollen’s phallic ‘billiard rack’ 4. Pitkin rushes out book on Harry and Meghan 5. Unimpressed with revenue, publishers want to sell their … Continue reading
November 28, 2017
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1. Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage takes the DSC Prize 2. Small indie publishers report booming sales 3. Mother calls for Sleeping Beauty to be banned from primary school 4. Bad sex award 2017 shortlist 5. Science fiction triggers ‘poorer reading’, study finds … Continue reading
December 6, 2016
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1.EBooks can be sold with reduced VAT, says EC 2.Erri de Lucca wins Bad Sex Award 3. Libraries receive £4m fund as part of strategy to help secure their future 4.Novelist Eduardo Mendoza wins coveted Cervantes Prize 5. Censorship hits the … Continue reading