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Russians pay tribute to Solzhenitsyn; Coetzee calls him 'a colossus of our times'
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Emerging artists on shortlist for Forward poetry prize
Poems published by specialist presses are also well represented in the Forward poetry prize list, on which women outnumber men for the first time since 1999. Judges chose six poets from 133 collections they considered for the £10,000 best ... » read the rest of this story Posted on 01/08/2008 | Post Comment |
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Creative & Cultural Skills Freelance Skills Survey
Creative & Cultural Skills, the sector skills council for the creative and cultural industries, would like to know what kinds of skills you think are relevant to make it as a successful freelancer. To help them do this we are asking you as... » read the rest of this story Posted on 30/07/2008 | Post Comment |
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Guild agrees rates increase with TNC theatres
The Writers Guild has agreed an increase of 2.75% for rates for writers working with TNC theatres (the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court). The headline rates are now: Commission Fee £3,442 (except for Roya... » read the rest of this story Posted on 28/07/2008 | Post Comment |
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Winner of the Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary 2008 announced
Unpublished author Andrew Blackman, from North London, has been announced as the winner of the 2008 Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary and was awarded £2,500 as well as a publishing contract with Legend Press for his novel On the Holloway Road. ... » read the rest of this story Posted on 25/07/2008 | Post Comment |
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Caine Prize 2008 Winner
This year's Caine Prize has been won by Henrietta Rose-Innes from South Africa, with her story 'Poison' from 'Africa Pens,' published by Spearhead, an imprint of New Africa Books, Cape Town, 2007. The winner of the #1... » read the rest of this story Posted on 21/07/2008 | Post Comment |
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Numbers add up to win BBC National Short Story award
The Numbers, an eerie tale of life on a remote Scottish island, has added £15,000 to Clare Wigfall's bank balance after winning the world's most lucrative prize for a single short story, the BBC National Short Story award. Jane Gard... » read the rest of this story Posted on 17/07/2008 | Post Comment |
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America's self-publishing 'miracle' sells 2 million
The word "bestseller" doesn't mean too much nowadays. "Self-published bestseller" does. William P Young's SPBS, The Shack, has been the "buzz book" in the US for the past 18 months. Young (known as "Paul", like the apostle) is an Or... » read the rest of this story Posted on 17/07/2008 | Post Comment |
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Kay Ryan named US poet laureate
Kay Ryan, an award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit" has been named the next American poet laureate. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the Californian whose compressed, metaphysical poetry h... » read the rest of this story Posted on 17/07/2008 | Post Comment |
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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher wins Samuel Johnson prize
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