The Middle Stage (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
I was pleased today to see, belatedly, that Tahmima Anam's novel A Golden Age has won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. I thought very highly of A Golden Age .
Bookninja (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
Brilliant author (and part time ‘Ninja) Lawrence Hill has landed the Commonwealth Writers Prize for his amazing novel, The Book of Negroes (sold in the US as Someone Knows My Name). Congratulations, Larry!
the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
They've announced the winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prizes, but the title of the 'Overall Best Book'-winner likely won't be familiar to either UK or US audiences.
NDTV (Free subscription) | 19/05/2008
Indian-origin writer Indra Sinha's book 'Animal's People', based on the Bhopal gas tragedy, has been adjudged this year's best book in Europe and Sout
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 18/05/2008
Canadian writer Lawrence Hill has been named the winner of the best book award as part of the annual Commonwealth Writers' Prize.Hill's novel The Book of Negroes ...
the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
The Franschhoek Literary Festival is coming up -- and this year that's where they'll be announcing the winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, on the 18th.
Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot (Free subscription) | 25/03/2008
Karen King Aribisala wins Best Book Award for The Hangman's Game . A young Guyanese woman sets out to write an historical novel based on the 1823 Demerara Slave Rebellion and the fate of an English missionary who is condemned to hang for his alleged part in the uprising, but who dies in prison before his execution. She has wanted to document historical fact through fiction, but the characters she...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 24/03/2008
Signifyin' Guyana notes that among the regional winners of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize “was Guyanese-born, Nigerian-based Karen King-Aribisala for Best Book.”
All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/03/2008
NIGERIA has once again proved to be Africa's literary giant after two of its creative nationals on Thursday won the 2008 Africa Commonwealth Writers Prize.
the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | 14/03/2008
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional winners have been announced.
SouthAsiaNews.com (Free subscription) | 14/03/2008
London, March 14 (IANS) Indian born writer Indra Sinha's novel 'Animal's People' has won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the best book in the Europe and Asia region. The winners of regional prizes from throughout the Commonwealth announced Thursday night will form the shortlist for two prestigious overall prizes to be awarded in May. Sinha's novel, which [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 14/03/2008
Two Canadian writers — Lawrence Hill and C.S. Richardson — have emerged as regional winners for this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/03/2008
A Nigerian, Karen King-Aribisala, has won this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize, dashing the hopes of Kenyan writer Ken Kamoche.
baithak (Free subscription) | 15/02/2008
Michael Ondaatje, Frances Itani and Lawrence Hill and Ameen Merchant are among the Canadians who are on the regional short lists for the 22nd Commonwealth Writers' Prize. The Ondaatje brothers are well known. One of them has contributed for the recently opened South Asian Gallery at the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum. Christopher is the author of Sind Revisted. More on him shortly - t Ondaatje among Canadians...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 14/02/2008
As the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize shortlists are announced, Antilles writes: “I'm sure some…will share my disappointment that more Caribbean writers were not shortlisted for the only major writing prize most are eligible for.”
