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Here’s the shortlist for the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award.
Today, the shortlist for the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University was announced on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. The BBC National Short Story Award, now in its eighteenth year,...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Ananda Lima’s CRAFT: Stories I Wrote for the Devil.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Ananda Lima’s CRAFT: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, “an intoxicating and surreal fiction debut,” which will be published by Tor Books in June. Here’s a...
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Exclusive annoucement: Here’s the shortlist for 2023 American Library in...
Lit Hub is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award. The American Library in Paris was established in 1920 with a core collection of books and periodicals...
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Taylor Byas on The Wiz, Pop Culture in Poetry, and Black Women’s Histories
Lit Hub is excited to feature another entry in a new series from Poets.org: “enjambments,” a monthly interview series with new and established poets. This month, they spoke to Taylor Byas, the author...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Juliet Escoria’s new book, You Are the Snake.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Juliet Escoria’s latest book, You Are the Snake, a short story collection that Soft Skull Press will publish in June. Here’s a bit more about the book...
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Here’s the shortlist for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global...
Today, the British Academy announced the shortlist for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, an international book prize, now in its 11th year, that “celebrates...
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Here are the winners of the 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes.
Today, the Whiting Foundation announced the winners of its sixth annual Literary Magazine Prizes, honoring “seven print and digital magazines that are among the most distinctive and lively publications...
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Here’s the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People’s...
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The ten titles were all written by newcomers to the National Book Awards, and...
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Here’s the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature.
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The ten titles were originally published in seven different languages—Arabic,...
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Andy Borowitz and A. J. Jacobs on Living in the Age of Ignorance
I met A. J. Jacobs in a bagel store on the Upper West Side about fifteen years ago and we’ve been pals ever since. In all that time, I’ve wanted to know one of his writing secrets: how did he manage to...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Susan Rich’s latest collection, Blue Atlas.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Susan Rich’s sixth poetry collection, Blue Atlas, which will be published by Red Hen Press in April. Here’s a bit more about the book from the publisher:...
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Here’s the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry.
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry. The ten titles on the longlist were selected from a pool of 295 books submitted for consideration...
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Here’s the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The ten titles on the longlist were selected from a pool of 638 books submitted for...
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Here’s the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction.
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction. The ten titles on the longlist were selected from a pool of 496 books submitted for...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Amy Lin’s Here After.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Amy Lin’s debut memoir Here After, which will be published by Zibby Books in March. Here’s a bit more about the book from the publisher: Here After is an...
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Here’s the shortlist for the 2023 Dos Passos prize.
This week, Longwood University announced the finalists for the 2023 John Dos Passos Prize, which is the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university, and which honors “one of...
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Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2023 Insider Prize, Selected by...
Last spring, I approached Nickolas Butler, internationally bestselling author of the novels Shotgun Lovesongs, The Hearts of Men, and Godspeed, to be the judge for this year’s Insider Prize, American...
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Ken Follett Wants His Books to Feel as Exciting as James Bond
Ken Follett’s The Armor of Light is now available from Viking, so we asked him a few questions about his writing practice, his favorite books, and more. What time of day do you write (and why)? I write...
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Exclusive: See the cover for Dorothy Chan’s Return of the Chinese Femme.
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Dorothy Chan’s fifth collection of poetry, Return of the Chinese Femme, which will be published by Deep Vellum in April. Here’s a bit more about the book...
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Here’s the shortlist for the 2023 Cundill History Prize.
Today, the shortlist for the 2023 Cundill History Prize which “celebrates books that create ‘dialogues between dilemmas of yesterday and today'”, was announced at an event at Scandinavia House,...
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