Category Archives: Book Awards

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2018 Cundill History Prize

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The links below are to articles reporting on Canada’s Cundill History Prize for 2018, including the shortlist and winner. The chronology runs from top to bottom.

For more visit:
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/06/canada-cundill-history-prize-2018-jurors-search-for-new-insights/
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/09/canada-cundill-history-prize-announces-2018-shortlist/
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/11/cundill-history-prize-2018-finalists-author-biographies-climate/
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/11/cundill-history-prize-2018-winner-maya-jasanoff-praise/

The Dawn Watch – Joseph Conrad in a Global World by Maya Jasanoff

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Milkman by Anna Burns & Difficult Books

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The link below is to an article that explores the need for difficult books and comments on the 2018 Man Booker winner, ‘Milkman,’ by Anna Burns.

For more visit:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/10/anna-burns-milkman-difficult-novel

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The 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Shortlist and Winner

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The link below is to an article reporting on the shortlist and winner of the 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. The winner was ‘Border – A Journey to the Edge of Europe,’ by Kapka Kassabova.

For more visit:
https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/11/kapka-kassabova-named-2018-nayef-al-rodhan-prize-winner/

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The 2018 *Book Shimmy* Awards

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the 2018 *Book Shimmy* Awards, for young adult novels published in the USA in 2018.

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https://www.epicreads.com/blog/2018-book-shimmy-awards-nominations/

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2018 YABBA Winners

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The link below is to an article that reports on the winners of the 2018 YABBAs – The Young Australian Best Book Awards.

For more visit:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2018/10/31/winners-announced-2018-yabbas/

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Not My Review: Milkman by Anna Burns

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The link below is to a book review of Milkman, by Anna Burns. This novel is the 2018 Man Booker Prize winner.

For more visit:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2018/10/31/review-milkman-anna-burns/

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2018 Women’s Poets’ Prize (United Kingdom)

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The links below are to articles reporting on the 2018 Women’s Poets’ Prize, including the shortlist and winners of it.

For more visit:
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/10/women-poets-prize-2018-inaugural-shortlist-nine-writers-uk/
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/11/uk-inaugural-women-poets-prize-winners-begin-mentored-programs/

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2018 Giller Prize (Canada)

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The links below are to articles reporting on the 2018 Giller Prize, with the winner announces as Esi Edugyan for Washington Black.

For more visit:
– https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/2018-giller-prize-winner-1.4909410
– https://www.cbc.ca/books/how-esi-edugyan-wrote-her-novel-washington-black-and-won-her-second-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.4809481

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2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

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The links below are to articles reporting on the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, including the finalists and winner.

For more visit:
– https://lithub.com/meet-the-six-finalists-for-the-2018-baillie-gifford-prize/
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/11/us-author-serhii-plokhy-wins-2018-baillie-gifford-prize-nonfiction/

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Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing

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The link below is to an article reporting on the winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Priyanka Champaneri, for her novel The City of Good Death. This is a US prize.

For more visit:
https://lithub.com/announcing-the-winner-of-restless-books-new-immigrant-writing-prize-2/