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September 16, 2024
Makereti’s ‘James Poneke’ named as joint-best NZ book of the century
Tina Makereti’s novel The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke tied in joint first place in a poll of New Zealand literary experts
August 15, 2024
Local shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize
Alastair Humphreys’ environmentally engaged, endlessly engrossing account of his weekly close-to-home exploration is now on the shortlist for the UK’s premier nature-writing prize
July 11, 2024
Local longlisted for the Wainwright Prize
Alastair Humphreys’ account of exploring the unprepossessing landscape around his own home is listed for the UK’s premier nature-writing prize
May 22, 2024
Sea Defences shortlisted for Paul Torday Memorial Prize
Hilary Taylor’s lyrical Broadchurch-style tale set on the North Norfolk coast is listed for the prestigious prize for debut novelists over the age of 60
May 6, 2024
Ms. Demeanor makes the shortlist of three for the Thurber Prize
Elinor Lipman’s Ms Demeanor is a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor – the premier US award for comic writing
April 24, 2024
The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean shortlisted for Stockton Children’s Book of the Year
Alastair Humphreys’ fictionalised children’s version of his own Atlantic crossing is on a shortlist of five
January 8, 2024
Surreal comedy featuring Wilkie Collins reissued to mark bicentennial
Paul Bassett Davies’ Dead Writers in Rehab imagines seven literary greats in drug rehab, including the author of The Woman in White in his bicentenary year