Book Award: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News

25 May 2013

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Hilary Mantel Nominated For Third Major Book Prize In One Year

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Best Books 2012: What This Year's Award-Winning Titles Tells Us

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'Lance Armstrong Should Tell The Truth' Says Award-Winning Former Teammate

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Booker Winner Hilary Mantel Makes Costa Book Awards Shortlist

Alice E. Vincent 20.11.2012

Hilary Mantel could be about to add a Costa Book Award to whichever shelf she keeps her Booker Prize on. The shortlist, announced on Tuesday,...

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'His Big Generative Jockey': The Bad Sex Awards, Who Gets Your Vote?

Sam Parker 20.11.2012

In a year in which an entire novel of badly-written sex scenes became the biggest selling British novel of all time, there must have been...

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50 Shades Of Grey: Book Of The Year?

Sam Parker 13.11.2012

And so, as the literary year heads into its final furlong, The Specsavers National Book Awards offers us one last chance to don a tux,...

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Will 'The Road' Be Named Novel Of The Century?

22.10.2012

Six renowned authors from the past century have been shortlisted for a prize to recognise the best ever winner of Britain's oldest literary...

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Booker Prize 2012 Preview: We (Reluctantly) Pick A Winner

Sam Parker 15.10.2012

Tomorrow the book world will enjoy it's equivalent of Oscars night or the Grammies: the Booker Prize winner for 2012 will be announced. The...

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Madeline Miller Wins The Orange Prize 2012 With Debut Novel

Sam Parker 30.05.2012

Madeline Miller has won The Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 with The Song of Achilles, her debut novel. The American claimed the award -...

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Julian Barnes Beaten While Carol Ann Duffy Wins In Costa Book Award Shortlist

4.01.2012

Some bold choices in the 2011 Costa Books Awards has seen Andrew Miller beat Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes to win Best Novel and Matthew...

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About Book Award

There are over 50 annual book award handed out in the UK alone, covering fiction, genre fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Some of the more high profile are The Man Booker Prize, The Costa Book Awards, Somerset Maugham Award and the British Book Awards. In poetry, the most pretigious is the TS Eliot Prize and the National Poetry Competition. Globally, the Pulitzer Prize is America's most distinguished literary award, while globally the Nobel Prize is one of the highest accolades. Some literary awards are decided by public vote, most by a panel of critics and industry experts. The accolade of a literary award can result in a huge boost to sales and the author's profile.