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Costa 2008 Shortlists - Game-On

19th November- Twenty books across five categories have made the cut for the2008 Costa Book Awards. Contenders include Sebastiona Barry's, The Secret Scripture. Full lists and book details

New £50,000 Warwick Prize- Complexity Personified

15th November- The Warwick Prize has launched it's inaugural longlist with the theme of 'Complexity' and the books included certainly live up to the concept.... Full list and book details | Award Tragic Blog Commentary 'Warwick Prize for Writing- Relishing Complexity'

Inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize Winners- The Right Medicine

13th November- Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman, Ursula Jones and Russell Ayto are the winners of the very first Roald Dahl- just the in these challenging times. More

Winner 2008 £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize

11th November - Swansea. A 29-year-old writer originally from Vietnam is the second winner of one of the world's biggest literary awards, the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize. Nam Le , who grew up in Australia, lives in New York, and next year apparently plans to move to the UK, beat five rivals with his debut collection of short stories The Boat. More | Tragic Blog "Rare Treat as Boat Comes In"

Blue Peter Shortlists -Delicious as Always

10th November- Britain's ever-popular Blue Peter has released it's 2008 Shortlists and they are as delicious as ever. One of the world's best marketed Children's Choice Awards, it's always a pleasure to see what the children elevate to the top of the pile- More

Dublin IMPAC International Longlists

10th November- 146 writers have been nominated for 2009 The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 100,000 euro Award. It is the world's most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English and is a Dublin City Council initiative, in partnership with IMPAC.|Dublin International Main Page | Full list of nominated titles | Full list of nominating libraries

Boyz Rule BritLit Awards 2008 OK? John Llewellyn Rhys Shortlists

3rd November- A few days after the normally politically correct Guardian (we still luv ya) issued an all-male short list for it's First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, which rewards the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by a UK or Commonwealth writer aged 35 or under, has done the same! Where have all the women gone? The list includes Aravind Adiga's Booker Winner, The White Tiger.. View list here! | Book Tragic Blog Boyz Rule BritLit Highbrow Award 2008. OK?

Guardian First Book Shortlist

London 31st October, The Guardian has announced an "ambitious, varied and incredibly individual" shortlist for its first book award. The shortlist comprises two non-fiction titles More | Award tragic Blog - Guardian First Book Award: Comparing Aardvarks with Apples?

Man Booker 2008: The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga Wins £50,000 Prize

London 14th October The White Tiger, a debut novel by Aravind Adiga (right) has won the 2008 Man Booker prize and with it the £50,000 prize.  The novel is described as a ‘compelling, angry and darkly humorous’ novel about a man’s journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial success. It was described by one reviewer as an ‘unadorned portrait’ of India seen ‘from the bottom of the heap’. More | Blog: Booker Vigilantes? Where's Wally the 'Poncey' Academic Judge?

UK Booktrusted Early Years Winners

London- 24th Sept- All those who like to buy their 'littlies' the Booktrusted Early Years award winners can make their move for Xmas as this years winners have now been revealed. More

James-Tait Black Winners
24th August- Two writers have joined the ranks of literary giants such as DH Lawrence, EM Forster and Graham Greene by winning Britain's oldest prizes, the James Tait Black Memorial. More

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher wins £30,000 Samuel Johnson- An analysis of an 1860 murder case that inspired writers including Charles Dickens has won BBC Four's Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Kate Summerscale (right) beat five other shortlisted finalists to win the £30,000 prize in one of the few non-fiction book awards that gets attention world wide. More

Pillow Talk by the Popular Freya North Wins Romantic Novel of the Year - in Book Award World might frown slightly at the thought of a romantic novel having any particular literary merit, balderdash Sir! We at Literary Awards celebrate every book award winner, what ever it's genre. The reality is that award winning romance novels generally out sell the 'high-brow' literary award winners by a margin, and, what's more, they are good fun as well. More

More Book Award News from UK and Ireland

• Rose Tremain's The Road Home Takes the Orange Prize
• The Suspicions of Mr Whicher wins £30,000 Samuel Johnson
• Pillow Talk by the Popular Freya North Wins Romantic Novel of the Year
• 2008 Costa Winners and Shorts
• Galaxy British Winners for 2008
• Arthurian Legend Wins 2008 Carnegie Medal
• 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Winner
• Emily Gravett's Brave Little Mouse Wins Greenaway
• Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
• 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Winners
• Richard Morgan Wins Arthur C. Clarke
• Rushdie Wins Best of Booker- Again
• 2008 British Galaxy Winners- JK Rowlings and Hosseini Rule Britannia
• Daggers- Crime Writers Reveal Mystery of Winners
• Betty Thrask 2008 Winners- Gods Own Country
• Redhouse Children's Winners
• Royal Society for Science Prize Winners
• Ian McDonald's Brasyl, Wins Brit. SF Award
• Scottish Book of the Year
• Wales Book of the Year Controversy
• Nikita Lalwani Wins Inaugural £10,000 Desmond Eliot Prize
• Henry VIII’s Last Victim Wins Elizabeth Lonford Historical Biography Award
• Sarah Hall's Carhullan Army Wins John Llwellyn Rhys
• Palestinian Walks Wins the Orwell Prize
• Three 2008 Winners of Somerset Maugham for Under 35's
• Adam Foulds The Truth about these Strange Times wins Sunday Times Young Writer

International Literary Award News

• 2008 Canadian Governor-General Winners
• 2008 Canadian Giller Prize for Fiction Winners
• French Writer Wins 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature
• 2008 USA National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" List
• 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners
• 2008 Australian Primie Minister's Literary Award Winners

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