The shortlist for the Orange Prize for Fiction was announced on 17 April. The Orange Prize for Fiction is an annual fiction award in the UK honouring female writers. 6 books made the shortlist. The Forgotten Waltz, Anne Enright Half Blood Blues,Esi Esi Edugyan Painter of Silence, Georgina Harding The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller [...]
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Shortlist for 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction
April 21st, 2012 · No Comments
Longlist For 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction
March 8th, 2012 · 2 Comments
As we celebrate International Women’s Day today, an exciting piece of news was released – the longlist for the 2012 Orange Prize of Fiction has been announced! The Orange Prize for Fiction is the only award in the UK that honours only female writers. Past winners include Téa Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife in 2011 (which [...]
Print to Screen: The 84th Academy Awards
February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments
For this year’s Oscars aka the Academy Awards coming on 26 February, many of the contenders for the Best Picture category are adapted from or based on books: six out of the nine nominees. This is the highest number of film adaptations we’ve seen these few years. Click here to find out more about books [...]
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