Sentences with phrase «british literary award»

The National Book Awards — previously known as the Galaxy National Book Awards (2010 — 11); British Book Awards or Nibbies (1990 — 2009)-- is a British literary award for the best UK writers and their works, as selected by an academy of members from the British book publishing industry.

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The award - winning British novelist became the first literary Bad Mother for her memoir A Life's Work, which chronicled the «abasements» of pregnancy and «the sacking and slow rebuilding of every corner of my private world that motherhood has entailed.»
Not only is she newsletter editor for the ALCS, she's also non-fiction editor for The Bookseller (the trade paper of the British book trade), chair of literary festival events, book award judge, and a respected author — and she still finds time to volunteer in the local community, choreographing a fabulous Book Week for one lucky primary school in the neighbourhood.
In addition to several literary awards, Pullman was even appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004...
Our pictures round - up of the 2018 British Book Awards features authors Judith Kerr and Philip Pullman, Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page, literary agent Madeleine Milburn and more....
First time novelist Stef Penney shook the British literary world last year when she won the Costa Award (formerly Whitbread Award) with The Tenderness of Wolves, not least because she has never been to Canada and carried out all her research in the British Library.
Phillips is an award - winning author whose own Kittian - British heritage makes this a powerful literary statement.
Swift, a multiple award - winning author who's collected many of the biggest British literary prizes for his previous books, is working in a lighter vein here.
J. K. Rowling hasn't just been embraced by fans, she has plenty of awards from various publishing and literary groups, including a lifetime achievement award from the British Book Aawards from various publishing and literary groups, including a lifetime achievement award from the British Book AwardsAwards.
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