Christmas scoop for Cambridge University Library

Written By Lingkar Dunia on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | 11:30 AM

After a drive to raise 1.25 million pounds, Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the Siegried Sassoon papers.A while ago, there was a short...
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Poet wins short story award

Written By Lingkar Dunia on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 11:11 AM

Again, the big names are edged out.Poet Kate Clanchy (44, pictured) has won the 2009 BBC National Short Story Award with only her second attempt at a...
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First novel wins John Llewellyn Rhys book prize

Written By Lingkar Dunia on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | 12:15 PM

Evie Wyld, 29, has edged out big names Aravind Adiga and Chimamanda Ngozi to win the prestigious award.Her novel, After the Fire, a Still Small Voice,...
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You don't actually have to be a Booker winner to write bad sex, but it helps

Written By Lingkar Dunia on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | 11:38 AM

Following the announcement of the winner of the 17th annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award, Tom Geoghegan asks in the BBC News Magazine whether sex in books...
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