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Awards and ceremonies

• Eleven tactics to keep your reading choice a secret

  Over at the Literary Saloon Michael Orthofer discusses the secrecy with which the Nobel committee must read over the works that have been nominated, lest the names of those under consideration… Read more »

• Bread & Roses and Little Rebels: radical books recognized

  Last month, we reported on the the brand new Little Rebels Children’s Book Award, which “recognises fiction for ages 0-12 which promotes or celebrates social justice and equality.” On Saturday, the… Read more »

• Bourbon and beasts: Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman at The Kentucky Derby

  Kentucky Derby weekend (and the hangover that punctuates its end) marks the anniversary of the first collaboration between Hunter S. Thompson and illustrator Ralph Steadman. In “The Kentucky Derby is… Read more »

• How much does a Pulitzer affect book sales?

  Husna Haq of The Christian Science Monitor tracked sales for the 2013 winners just two weeks after the Pulitzer Prize was announced. The result? Money has not fallen from the… Read more »

• Richard Dawkins elected king of the intellectual-aspirants junior prom

  Good news, everybody! We can stop thinking now. Time to let our brains congeal into their salty custard-with-the-skin-on-it resting states. Dust off your drool bib, because at long last the… Read more »

• Granta editor: Leeds is “completely out of the literary world”

  While the response to Granta’s latest crop of “Best of Young British Novelists” has been largely positive—the list has been widely and deservedly praised for its diversity—comments made by the… Read more »

• Get to know Granta’s new novelists

  We know, it’s tough. You’ve only just now managed to finish Midnight’s Children and Granta goes and announces its list of Best of Young British Novelists. 20 new writers you… Read more »

• Pulitzer Prize/Morning News Tournament of Books winners for 2013

  Fear not, booksellers. The Pulitzer committee did not withhold its fiction prize this year. But this is a critical marker in the history of the prize: [SPOILER ALERT] it’s the… Read more »

• 7 books that should win the Pulitzer for fiction this year

  The Pulitzer Prizes will be announced today, and after last year’s absurd refusal to award the prize for fiction, the engine of anticipation is running hot. With that in mind,… Read more »

• In England, there are awards for radical children

  From the This Could Never Happen Here file: Organizers in England have announced the shortlist for the first-ever prize in radical writing for children. The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award “recognises… Read more »