Five Aitken Alexander Authors Up for the Edinburgh Festival First Book Award

What is the First Book Award? The First Book Award celebrates the wealth of new writing included in the Edinburgh International Book Festival programme each year. Unlike other literary prizes, the winner of the First Book Award is selected by the readers who champion new writing and who are responsible for making superstars out of debut […]

Max Porter wins International Dylan Thomas Prize for ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’

  Max Porter, an editor and former bookseller, has won the £30,000 International Dylan Thomas prize for his “extraordinary feat of imaginative prose”, Grief Is the Thing With Feathers. Described by the award administrators as “part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief”, the debut tells of how the death of a mother affects her two […]

Nicholas Stargardt Wins Pen Hessell Tiltman Prize 2016

  Nicholas Stargardt’s The German War wins PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize 2016 History prize awarded to ‘elegant and eloquent’ account of ordinary people who lived through Hitler’s Germany Stargardt spent ten years writing the book Special English PEN event ‘How to write a prize-winning history book’ to be held at the Cambridge Literary Festival on […]

Rob Magnuson Smith longlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award

Writers from six countries and across four continents, including Colum McCann, Deborah Levy and Petina Gappah, make up the 12-strong longlist for the £30,000 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Now in its seventh year, the award “has a reputation for showcasing established and emerging writers”, the organisers have said. The longlist this year […]