Category Archives: Literary Prizes

Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — June 7, 2013

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Vic Books News We’re pleased as punch to announce that we have been Conscious Consumers accredited and have been awarded the following badges: Composting, Eco-packaging, Organic, Recycling and Fair trade. Thanks to our many awesome suppliers like Peoples Coffee, Zany Zeus organic milk, … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — April 28, 2013

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Awards and Honours The Orphan Master’s Son Wins Pulitzer for Fiction Huo Yan wins NZ’s Rewi Alley Writing Fellowship CBCA 2013 Book of the Year Awards Craig Childs Wins 2013 Orion Book Award Carrie Tiffany Wins Stella Prize for Women … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — April 14, 2013

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Awards and Honours NZ Post Children’s Book Awards Finalists 3 NZ writers on Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Storylines Book Awards Winners Announced 2013 Notable Books List also Announced 2013 Royal Society of NZ Science Book Prize Shortlist NZ poet … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — April 3, 2013

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Awards and Honours New Zealand Publisher Gecko Press wins ‘Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in Oceania’ Most Beautiful Book Australia and New Zealand Award Winners Announced Isol wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Awesome Author Photos … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — March 21, 2013

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Awards and Honours 30-year-old NZ Picture Book Honoured Emily Perkins on Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist Folio Society Sponsors New Fiction Prize Changes to the PANZ Book Design Awards Tan Twan Eng Wins 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize Weird + Library … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — March 13, 2013

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Awards and Honours Sir James Wallace Creative Writing Awards Winners 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists Mantel wins 2013 David Cohen Prize  NZ’s Gecko Press Nominated for Bologna Prize for Year’s Best Children’s Book Publisher Coffee Shop Ambience + Creativity Coffinity — Coffee Shop … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — February 22, 2013

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Awards and Honours Author and poet Joy Cowley and theatre director Duncan Whiting have been named Marlborough Living Treasures. Bill Nagelkerke has been awarded the 2013 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal. The nominees for this year’s Nebula Awards have been announced … Continue reading →

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Literary News and Bookish Potpourri — February 4, 2013

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Awards and Honours Author, illustrator Gavin Bishop named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit Hilary Mantel wins 2012 Costa Novel Award for Bring Up the Bodies In Darkness wins 2013 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young … Continue reading →

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New Fiction & Whatnot at vicbooks

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

Award Winners and Literary Happenstance Wulf by Hamish Clayton has been named the NZ Post Best First Book Winner for 2012, also (feel the tension) the 2012 NZ Post Book Awards Finalists have also been released – the winners will be announced … Continue reading →

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Orange Prize Longlist 2012

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, announced the 2012 longlist. Now in its seventeenth year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing throughout the world. The … Continue reading →

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