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South African wins top book prize 9 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
... been named the winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. She won the award ... Sir Michael Caine, a former chairman of Booker plc. Last year's Caine Prize was won ...
Parties Where Talk Turns To Battles and Books 9 Jul 2008 03:30 GMT
... offered ideas. The mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, said he would use Monday to continue ... the New-York Historical Society, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough suggested appropriate ways to ...
Pick of the crop 7 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT
... To mark the 40th anniversary of the (Man) Booker Prize, organisers are holding a poll to find the best of the winners, reports Simon ...
Africa book prize to be announced 7 Jul 2008 17:50 GMT
... Monica Arac de Nyeko won last year's prize The winner of the ninth edition of ... Sir Michael Caine, a former chairman of Booker plc. Last year's Caine Prize was won ...
Hedge funds lose ambassador 7 Jul 2008 16:31 GMT
... and is best known to the general public as the sponsor of literature’s Man Booker Prize. In recent years Mr Fink has become increasingly interested in philanthropic activities, particularly after ...

Hidden Highlights 07.07.08: Issue #149 7 Jul 2008 14:12 GMT
... nothing by confusing DRAMA! Man, where is Booker T when you need him? Booker T: ... But it was Jamal who gets the prize here: I was barely able to focus ...
Give us back our shortlists 7 Jul 2008 12:30 GMT
... than , so they gave her the prize without going through the rigmarole of announcing ... award attracts as much Action as the Booker, but it has to attract some. And ...
Times Book Club troops off to the tropics 6 Jul 2008 09:13 GMT
... this village. "Mister Pip" is a beautiful book. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best book. Bookstore discussions: 7 p.m. Aug. ...
Professor Wrestling: Sparklers And Duds 6 Jul 2008 04:31 GMT
... try to get over it already.) Sparkler: Booker T Booker T? Yep, Booker T. He's ... I would have preferred that the whole prize go to one person before that night's ...
The middle of nowhere 6 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
... have stopped selling - the public has become bored with them. (Previous to the Booker Prize reigniting her sales and saving her career, it was looking increasingly likely that Anne ...

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My week: Beryl Bainbridge 6 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT
... School, has three children and lives in north London. Nominated five times for the Booker Prize and, among numerous awards, has won the James Tait Black, Whitbread and WH Smith ...
My week 6 Jul 2008 00:23 GMT
... School, has three children and lives in north London. Nominated five times for the Booker Prize and, among numerous awards, has won the James Tait Black, Whitbread and WH Smith ...
Jhumpa Lahiri gets richest honour for latest book 5 Jul 2008 11:16 GMT
... New Delhi: Pulitzer prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has won what's ... of Maladies . Lahiri was pitched against Booker Prize winners Anne Enright and Roddy Doyle ...
Abse on the prize book he wishes he'd never written 5 Jul 2008 05:29 GMT
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Prof. Wrestling: Duds, Sparklers 5 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT
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