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A Golden Age wins a Commonwealth Writers' Prize

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 .

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Lawrence Hill wins Commonwealth

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!

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Prizes: Commonwealth Writers' Prizes

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.

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Indra Sinha wins Commonwealth Writers Prize

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

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Louis De Bernieres - Canadian Author Wins Commonwealth Writers Prize

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 ...

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Franschhoek Literary Festival

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.

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Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2008 Africa Winner: The Hangman's Game

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...

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Guyana: Commonweath Writers' Prize

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.”

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Nigeria: Two Win Kampala Commonwealth Awards

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.

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Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional winners

The Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional winners have been announced.

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&#39Zesty&#39 novel on Bhopal disaster takes Commonwealth regional award

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 [...]

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Hill, Richardson win book prizes

Two Canadian writers — Lawrence Hill and C.S. Richardson — have emerged as regional winners for this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

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Nigerian Clinches Writers' Prize Again

A Nigerian, Karen King-Aribisala, has won this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize, dashing the hopes of Kenyan writer Ken Kamoche.

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The Canadian Short List for the Commonwealth Prize

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...

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Trinidad & Tobago: Commonweath Writers

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.”