Sentences with phrase «which literary awards»

We surveyed over 700 Canadian book buyers about their buying habits to find out which literary awards influence purchasing decisions.

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In 2000 he published The Third Reich: A New History, which quickly won the Samuel Johnson Prize (one of Britain's highest literary awards), was translated into fifteen languages, and became an instant classic.

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.»

statement issued on his behalf by Reuben Abati, his spokesperson, the President Jonathan also said he surprised by «Achebe's claim that the issues which caused him to reject the same award seven years ago, still remain unresolved» arguing that the literary giant may not be aware of true contemporary political situation in Nigeria.

Her book, Balm In Gilead: Journey of A Healer (1988), which won the 1988 Christopher Award, given for «literary merit and humanitarian achievement,» was followed by I've Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation (1994), and The Art and Science of Portraiture (1997), which documents her pioneering approach to social science methodology; one that bridges the realms of aesthetics and empiricism.

A literary agency with industry knowledge and expertise can bring a huge value add to the table for an author, evidenced by many of the success stories we've created for our clients, the bulk of which are award - winning and bestselling authors.

Tierno Monénembo's «The King of Kahel» was originally published in France in 2008 and was the winner of the French literary prize, the prix Renaudot, which is awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel published during the current year.

By the way, part two: My favorite literary depiction of what it's like to win a major book award is in Meg Wolitzer's The Wife, in which famous author Joseph Castleman wins the (fictional) Helsinki Prize and must journey to Finland to accept it.

Dan Chaon's novel Await Your Reply was «a profound and haunting exploration of the shifting, often tenuous, nature of identity... a thrilling example of the best of contemporary literary fiction,» although he's probably best known for his story collections, like National Book Award finalist Among the Missing, in which he» [brought] clarity to the confusion of people's inner motives.»

Miguel Syjuco, from Manila, is the author of Ilustrado, the debut novel which won the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize as well as the Palanca Award, the Philippines» highest literary honor.

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Fatima Farheen Mirza talks about her first novel, A Place For Us, which is the first literary work acquired by award - winning actress and producer Sarah Jessica Parker as editorial director of her newly launched imprint, SJP for Hogarth.

Just to say that you missed out the Rubery Book Award which offers cash prizes and the guarantee that a top London literary agent will read the winning book.

Her debut novel, Perfection Unleashed, published in 2012, won six literary awards and launched her best - selling futuristic thriller series, Double Helix, which blends cutting - edge genetic engineering and high - octane action with an unforgettable romance between an alpha empath and an... Continue Reading...

In today's video interview shared below, I talk to Terri Giuliano Long who has sold over 100,000 copies of her independently published literary fiction novel, In Leah's Wake, which also won the IndieReader Discovery Award in the Literary Fiction category.

It won the 2005 Saga Award for Wit and the 2005 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (Lewycka was the first female winner of the prize which is awarded at the Hay literary festival and includes having a pig named after the novel!)

Family Matters is Rohinton Mistry's eagerly anticipated third novel, following the success of his highly acclaimed A Fine Balance (1995), which won several major literary awards internationally.

Regarded as Australia's most prestigious literary prize, the award was established in 1957 by the estate of My Brilliant Career author Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin to recognise novels which reflect «Australian life in any of its phases».

Hilary Weston Writers» Trust Prize for Nonfiction The prize is awarded for literary excellence in the category of nonfiction, which includes, among other forms, personal or journalistic essays, history, biography, memoirs, commentary, and criticism, both social and political.

Our Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards was, I truly think, the first major literary award to acknowledge that because publishing has changed, the best book may not be a hardcover, it may not be even printed (digital only), and it may not even be traditionally published, all of which we got flack for at the time (though most others soon followed).

Despite his novel, The Prospect of My Arrival, being selected for the Top Three finalists» round in a previous Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Awards, which resulted in securing a literary agent, his manuscript wasn't placed anywhere for publication.

This seems to be particularly so of literary writers (a group to which I do not pretend to belong) who appear to have been convinced that even though they are the keepers of the «artistic flame,» they would not have an audience at all without the festivals, the reviewers and the awards the publishing houses so carefully close to all but their own.

The acceptance of comics into the larger world of American art and books has generally come through awards, reviews, and academic study of longer form, «literary» comics, the kinds of books to which terms like «graphic novel» and «sequential art» are routinely attached.

Anna Pidruchney Award for New Writers Awarded to a novice writer under the age of 35 for a literary work which includes Ukrainian Canadian characters or is based on a Ukrainian Canadian theme.

The competition, which has applied for a Guiness World Record as the most lucrative international literary prize, awards $ 20,000 to the winning flash fiction piece (of 100 words or less), as well as $ 2,000 each to the Runners Up in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.

The Angolan author scooped the $ 100,000 (# 88,000) prestigious literary award which is the world's largest prize for a single novel published in English.

One of her criticisms is that by self - publishing, you aren't eligible for any of the big awards (which are apparently essential for literary fiction).

Tuition and literary expenditures may increase one party's living expenses, which can increase the alimony award.

In 1994, Hardy won the Journey Prize, which is a Canadian literary award presented for the best short story published by an emerging writer in a Canadian literary magazine.