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Kevin Jared Hosein wins £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
PA Media: Entertainment via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoCaribbean writer Kevin Jared Hosein has won the 2024 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for...
Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction shortlist announced
PA Media: Entertainment via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThe six-book shortlist for this year’s Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been revealed,...
Belfast writer announced as winner of Walter Scott Prize 2023
PA Media: Entertainment via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoBelfast writer Lucy Caldwell has won the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction at the...
Irish novelist Paul Lynch wins this year's Booker Prize for dystopian story
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoIrish author Paul Lynch won this year’s Booker Prize for his dystopian novel Prophet Song. He...
Walter Scott Prize shortlist nominees announced
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoNominees for a prestigious award named after one of Scotland’s best-known authors have been announced. The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction was...
2023 Booker Prize longlist ‘defined by its freshness’ as nominees announced
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoA novel written from the perspective of a neurodivergent protagonist is among the 13 books making up...
Booker Prize 2023: Longlist announced with 10 first-time nominees and a new record for Irish authors
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoThe Booker Prize longlist for 2023 has been announced, featuring 10 authors who have never been...
'A list to bring wonder': 2023 Booker Prize longlist nominees announced
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoThe 13 books on the list cover a wide range of themes, including moving personal dramas and...
Gordon Brown and Douglas Stuart join book festival line-up
PA Media: Entertainment via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoBooker prize-winning author Douglas Stuart and former prime minister Gordon Brown will be among...
Donal Ryan Heads Up Ireland’s Throng of Literary Geniuses
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoSimone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images“In every great Russian writer,” wrote Virginia Woolf, “we...