Posted on March 30, 2026 at 9:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Today's news of literary awards and honors includes a book recommendation for, truly, all ages.
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Here are the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award winners: We Do Not Part, written by Han Kang and translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (fiction); Empire of AI by Karen Hao (nonfiction); A Perfect Turmoil by Alex Green (biography); Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy (autobiography); Night Watch by Kevin Young (poetry); and Hayek's Bastards by Quinn Slobodian (criticism) (National Book Critics Circle).
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Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob by Huw Aaron, Evie and Maryam’s Family Tree by Janeen Hayat, and A Language of Dragons by SF Williamson have received the Waterstones Children’s Prize (The Guardian).
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And finally, Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group by Rebecca Gransden and Ghost Driver by Nell Osborne are the joint winners of the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize, formerly known as the Republic of Consciousness Prize (The Guardian).
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