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Prizes, shortlists, longlists, and the winners across the literary calendar.
Today, the American Library in Paris announced the winner of their 2026 Book Award, which “celebrates works of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, that draw on France as a timeless source of inspiration.” This year’s winner is Hotel…
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Philippe Jaenada told French radio that he used ChatGPT to ‘play with the reader’, after the prize removed a different book from its longlist over allegations of AI use The winner of France’s most prestigious literary prize has admitted…
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The inaugural awards ceremony will be held on January 17, 2027 in New Delhi, and will recognize books by Indian authors published in English and Hindi. The post NielsenIQ BookData, Indian Authors Forum Partner to Launch The Bestseller…
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In a release, organizers said Richardson’s win marks the first time the award has gone to a book covering ancient history since its founding as the Samuel Johnson Prize in 1999. The post Edmund Richardson Wins 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize…
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The Rouse, which took its author two decades to complete, was praised by judges as ‘exuberant, overflowing’ China Miéville has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths prize for The Rouse, a 1,264-page epic that is part paranormal thriller, part…
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In 2017, Honey & Wax Booksellers established an annual prize for American women book collectors, aged 30 years and younger. Our goal, at the time, was to expand the popular perception of who book collectors are (and can be) by highlighting…
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In 2017, Honey & Wax Booksellers established an annual prize for American women book collectors, aged 30 years and younger. Our goal, at the time, was to expand the popular perception of who book collectors are (and can be) by highlighting…
Read the full story at The Millions
