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Adam Mars-Jones shortlisted for PEN Ackerley Prize 2016!

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Adam Mars-Jones has been shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize 2016, for his memoir about his father, KID GLOVES . The prize is awarded to a literary autobiography of excellence, for which it is felt that J.R. Ackerley would have expressed enthusiasm. KID GLOVES has been described as 'moving,...

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06/22/2016 - 10:56
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Alice Oswald shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best Collection 2016

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Falling Awake, Alice Oswald's forthcoming collection, has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2016 ! The collection includes the poem ‘Dunt’, which was the 2007 winner of the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. Vivid and distinct, alert and deeply, physically, engaged in the natural world,...

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06/13/2016 - 11:15
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Four UA Authors Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize

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We're pleased to announce that the following four United Agents authors have made the longlist for the Wainwright Prize:

Anna Pavord, LANDSKIPPING (Bloomsbury, 2015) Katharine Norbury, THE FISH LADDER (Bloomsbury, 2015) Alexandra Harris, WEATHERLAND (Thames & Hudson, 2015) James Rebanks, THE SHEPHERD'S LIFE (Penguin, 2015)

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06/13/2016 - 11:12
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The CWA Daggers

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Congratulations to Thomas Grant and Chris Brookmyre who have both been longlisted for the 2016 Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards.

In the non-fiction category, Grant was longlisted for JEREMY HUTCHINSON'S CASE HISTORIES (John Murray):

'Thomas Grant has brought together Hutchinson's greatest legal hits, producing a fascinating episodic...

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05/23/2016 - 15:17
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