Category Archives: Prize Winners

Short and Sweet

Dan Lepard’s Short and Sweet shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food and Drink Book awards 2011

yvonnedickson February 1, 2012

Exciting news!  Dan Lepard’s Short And Sweet has been shortlisted in the Food category of the 2011 Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Awards. The shortlisted books for the 2011 prize in the food category are: Bocca – Jacob Kenedy … Continue reading →

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Siddhartha Mukherjee, Emperor of all Maladies, Caner

The Emperor of all Maladies shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011

yvonnedickson January 18, 2012

Great news!  The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee has been shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011. The shortlist is as follows: The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Fourth Estate) Becoming Dickens by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Belknap … Continue reading →

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wolf hall

Wolf Hall to be made into mini series by the BBC and HBO.

yvonnedickson November 21, 2011

Wolf Hall to be made into mini series by the BBC and HBO. The BBC and HBO are developing a TV drama mini-series adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker prize-winning historical novel Wolf Hall to be broadcast on BBC2. Wolf … Continue reading →

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Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies is longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award

yvonnedickson September 9, 2011

The Emperor of All Maladies is longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Congratulations to Siddhartha Mukherjee, as the  Emperor of All Maladies has been longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award . The awards recognise the finest new writing talent who … Continue reading →

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Stone Diaries

Stone Diaries by Carol Shields – download the free extract

samshone August 12, 2011

Free extract to download of The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields. Continuing our Booker theme following the long-list announcement, here is an extract from Carol Shields’s 1993 short-listed novel, ‘The Stone Diaries’ Open publication – Free publishing – More booker prize

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Offshore

Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald – download the free extract

samshone August 10, 2011

Another free download as part of our booker celebrations First published in the UK by Collins and then moving into the Flamingo imprint, ‘Offshore’ by Penelope Fitzgerald is now published under 4th Estate. Offshore won the Booker Prize in 1979 … Continue reading →

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Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel Reads From Wolf Hall

samshone July 27, 2011

Listen to a reading of the Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Continuing our Booker themed posts following the long-list announcement we have some more ‘Wolf Hall’ for you (you can download Part One of the book here for free). … Continue reading →

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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, winner of the Booker Prize 2011

Wolf Hall – read Part One of the Booker Prize winning novel

samshone July 26, 2011

Free download of Part One of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. As part of our booker celebration following the long-list announcement, here is an extract from Hilary Mantel’s 2009 Booker winning novel ‘Wolf Hall’ Open publication – Free publishing – … Continue reading →

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