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If you thought it was over-exposed, think again The Booker prize shortlist was announced this month, but you probably won't have read about it. According to one of the judges, the novels in contention all have a historical theme. There was a surprise omission of an award-winning longlisted ...
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Author Scoop —
... Olivier Lamm chats it up with Lydia Millet. (The Rumpus)
John Sutherland looks at the ever-changing landscape of literary tastes. (The Guardian)
Hyperion rethinks the release date of two books by James Arthur Ray, what with the dead bodies and all. (Publishers Weekly)
Amazon blog counts down the first batch of the best books of 2009. (Omnivoracious)
Hannah Davies unravels the mystery of the Russian Booker Prize. (Guardian Books Blog)
JK Evanczuk offers up ‘5 Reasons Why the Novel is Not ...
Where's the Russian fiction ?
the Literary Saloon —
While the title of Hannah Davies's The Guardian blog post -- The unknown Booker prize -- suggests the focus is on the so-called ' ...
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the Literary Saloon —
... - Where's the Russian fiction ? While the title of Hannah Davies's The Guardian blog post -- The unknown Booker prize -- suggests the focus is on the so-called ' ...
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Lizok's Bookshelf —
... The Guardian’s Books Blog recently published Hannah Davies’s “The unknown Booker prize,” a piece about Western interest (or lack thereof?) in contemporary Russian literature. ...
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