Meet the writers of TIME's 2020 most influential people list

Posted on 09/24/2020 at 09:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

TIME magazine released its list of the year’s most influential people yesterday. Literary Hub’s Emily Temple bemoaned the fact that...

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Meet the 2020 5 Under 35 recipients

Posted on 09/22/2020 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

And here’s our second round of literary award news today. The National Book Foundation announced its 5 Under 35 honorees...

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Milan Kundera "joyfully" accepts top Czech literary award

Posted on 09/22/2020 at 08:32 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Today’s first round of awards news comes from overseas. Milan Kundera, the long-exiled Czech author of The Unbearable Lightness of...

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Here's the 2020 longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction

Posted on 09/18/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction came out today. Among them are three debuts, one previously National...

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Here's the 2020 longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction

Posted on 09/17/2020 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction came out today. While the list of previous awards for nominees...

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Here's the 2020 longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry

Posted on 09/17/2020 at 01:56 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry came out today. All of the poets on the list are...

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Here's the 2020 longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature

Posted on 09/16/2020 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature came out today. One author, Perumal Murugan, is a longlist...

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Here's the 2020 longlist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature

Posted on 09/16/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature came out today. Out of over three hundred submissions,...

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The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist is its most diverse ever

Posted on 09/15/2020 at 09:08 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist is out, and the Guardian has declared it the most diverse lineup in its history....

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16-year-old becomes youngest nominee ever for Baillie Gifford Prize

Posted on 09/10/2020 at 11:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

They’re no four-year-old poets, but these young writers based in the United Kingdom are making quite the literary splashes. Dara...

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