Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 12, 2020

Posted on 01/18/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Children's literature, Horror, Libraries, Obituary, Scandal

Papers reveal resistance to giving Samuel Beckett the Nobel Prize

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Perhaps the only new part about the most recent Nobel Prize controversy is that it was public and not private....

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Tagged As: Awards, History, Scandal, The Guardian

Meet the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards finalists

Posted on 01/14/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The National Book Critics Circle has announced the thirty finalists for its 2019 awards. The winner of each of the...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists

John le Carré donates award money to Doctors Without Borders

Posted on 01/10/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations twice over to author John le Carré! The author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Spy Who Came...

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Tagged As: Awards, Charity, The Guardian, Thriller

Lee Child is revealed as one of the 2020 Booker Prize judges

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 02:23 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Speculation last year that Lee Child could serve as a Booker Prize judge has been proven accurate. Child, author of...

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Tagged As: Awards, The Bookseller

Meet the 2019 Costa Book Awards category winners

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The five category winners for the Costa Book Awards were announced yesterday. These five books will compete for the overall...

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Fussy’s favorites: Week of December 9, 2019

Posted on 12/14/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Awards, Just for fun, Scandal, TV adaptation

Sarajevo tells author Peter Handke: Stay out of our city

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sarajevo officials have officially declared Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke unwelcome in their city. Reuters reports that the cantonal assembly...

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Tagged As: Awards, Scandal

Congratulations to the Goodreads Choice Awards winners of 2019!

Posted on 12/10/2019 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The winners of the 11th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards were revealed today. Congratulations to the following authors, whose books made...

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Political figures and war journalists condemn Peter Handke's Nobel prize

Posted on 12/10/2019 at 12:52 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Protests and boycotts piled up Tuesday as author Peter Handke officially accepted his Nobel Prize in literature, reports the Guardian....

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Tagged As: Awards, Historical fiction, Scandal