B.C.-born novelist Emily St. John Mandel and Montreal author Heather O'Neill are among the 20 international writers longlisted for the U.K.'s Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction). St. ... Read More »
Search Results by tag: Orange Prize for Fiction
Toronto-based author Sheila Heti has made the longlist for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction for her 2010 novel, How Should a Person Be? (House of Anansi Press). Formerly known as the Orange Prize, the annual ... Read More »
March 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
Esi Edugyan has made the Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist. The award celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in women's writing. Edugyan's novel Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers) will compete against Anne Enright's The Forgotten Waltz, ... Read More »
April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the shortlists for the 28th annual B.C. Book Prizes, and for Esi Edugyan, the competition cuts close to home. Edugyan, whose novel Half-Blood Blues won the 2011 ... Read More »
March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Esi Edugyan In honour of International Women's Day, the Orange Prize for Fiction, celebrating "excellence, originality, and accessibility in women's writing," has announced its 2012 longlist, which includes two celebrated Canadian authors. Emma Donoghue, whose ... Read More »
March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Serbian-American author Téa Obreht has won the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel The Tiger's Wife. At only 25 years old, the New York“based writer is the youngest winner in the prize's 16-year history. ... Read More »
June 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards
Kathleen Winter and Emma Donoghue shortlisted for 2011 Orange Prize; judge declares women's writing in rude health Michael Crummey's Galore is the only Canadian novel on the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlist Winnipeg artist Ray ... Read More »
April 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
A pair of Canadians are among the 20 women on the 16th annual Orange Prize for Fiction longlist. Emma Donoghue (Room) and Kathleen Winter (Annabel) are both in contention for the book award, which recognizes ... Read More »
Today's book news: Your e-reader knows too much Oprah's Dickens picks not flying off shelves Sorry boys: Japanese cracking down on ... Read More »
December 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Today's book news: Paperback thrown at Obama Adam Gopnik wonders what literary prizes are for Amazon launches Kindle Singles (not to be confused with Kraft Singles) Salman Rushdie to write memoir about years in hiding ... Read More »
October 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
Contact us via email
