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Henry Porter wins the Wilbur Smith Adventure Novel Prize
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Olivia Laing Wins James Tait Black 2019 Prize for Fiction
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Derek Miller Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger
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Anna-Marie Crowhurst and Ian Ross Longlisted for HWA Crown Award 2019
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Elly Griffiths Wins Most Recommended Book Prize at Dead Good Awards
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Xiaolu Guo Libretto to be Performed at BBC Proms
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Olivia Laing Elected as 2019 Royal Society of Literature Fellow
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William Miller Shortlisted for 2019 PEN Ackerley Prize
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Anna-Marie Crowhurst Shortlisted for Times Breakthrough Award 2019
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Henry Porter Shortlisted for Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2019
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Elly Griffiths Featured in Richard and Judy Summer Book Club 2019
W H Smith has announced the Richard and Judy Summer Book Club choices for 2019, featuring The Stranger Diaries…
Laura Freeman Shortlisted for Two Guild of Food Writers Awards
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Derek Miller and Elly Griffiths Both Longlisted for CWA Daggers
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Tara Isabella Burton Nominated for Shirley Jackson Award 2018
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Henry Porter Longlisted for Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2019
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Elly Griffiths Longlisted for Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel Award
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Olivia Laing Shortlisted for James Tait Black Prize
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