A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path wins oddest book title of the year
A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path has crushed Introducing the Medieval Ass to win the Diagram prize
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Awards and prizes
Costa book awards: Susanna Clarke nominated for second novel after 16-year wait
Sixteen years after she printed her debut, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke has made the shortlist for the
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Taylor Swift named artist of the year at American Music Awards
Taylor Swift has prolonged her lead as the most awarded star in American Music Awards historical past, with three wins
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Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain
The Scottish-American creator Douglas Stuart has gained the Booker prize for his first novel, Shuggie Bain, a narrative primarily based
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Douglas Stuart’s Booker win heralds the arrival of a fully formed voice | Justine Jordan
Though there have been 4 debuts on the Booker shortlist, it’s been greater than a decade since a debut gained.
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National Book Awards: Charles Yu and Malcolm X biography take top prizes
Charles Yu, a author whose skills vary from quick tales to episodes of HBO’s Westworld, has received the National Book
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘America under Trump felt like a personal loss’
A few hours earlier than Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and I are because of converse, the results of the US election
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This year’s Deutsche Börse prize shortlist is fascinating – but is it photography? | Sean O’Hagan
If the previous 12 months’s Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize was underwhelming, its successor is unapologetically esoteric. The 4 artists
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Richell prize 2020: Aisling Smith wins $10,000 emerging writers award for ‘evocative’ novel
Melbourne author Aisling Smith has gained the $10,000 Richell prize for emerging writers for 2020 for what the judges hailed
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Grammy awards rename world music category to avoid ‘connotations of colonialism’
The Grammys are altering the title of their “best world music” album category to “best global music” album, to avoid
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