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The New York Times' Best Books Of 2009

The New York Times | The New York Times Book Review | Posted 11.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Peter Ackroyd, Barbara Kingsolver, Best Books, Lorrie Moore, Books, Literary Prizes, Harold Evans, Sag Harbor, Wolf Hall, Margaret Atwood, Frankenstein, Jay McInerney, Holiday News, Ishiguro, Jay, Booker Prize, Cheever, Colum McCann, National Book Awards, Columbine, Karen Armstrong, Bestsellers, Ayn Rand, Notable Books, Open, New York Times, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Munro, Andre Agassi, Books News

The Book Review has made these selections from books reviewed since Dec. 7, 2008, when we published our previous Notables list. It was not easy pickin...

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The Forgettable And The Overlooked In Lit Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

This year is a good one for female writers; most of the major literature prizes have gone to women, though whether this is a fluke, a new trend of hei...

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National Book Awards: What Do You Think? (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books

The National Book Foundation rolled out the nominations for the 2009 National Book Award on Wednesday, and the winners will be announced November 18. ...

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Women Sweep Literature Prizes

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Literature Prizes, Nobel Prize, Books, Orange Prize, Herta Muller, Hilary Mantel, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, Booker Prize, Fiction Prizes, Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize, LA Times, Housekeeping, Literature Awards, Literary Prizes, Books News

Is it an accident, the judging panels, a mini-trend or are the tides turning? With the sweep of this year's literary awards, all eyes are on the women...

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Small Publisher Hits It Big

Elaine Petrocelli | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Bellevue Literary Press, Bookselling, Books, Indie Bookstores, Small Publisher, Bookstore, Booker Prize, Literary Prizes, Books News

When our head buyer, Sheryl Cotleur, told me she had fallen in love with a novel, I was amazed that it came from a press that's connected to a hospital that makes most of us think of mental illness.

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Hilary Mantel to Make Reasonable Use of Man Booker Prize Money

Vulture. | vulture | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Booker Prize, Literary Prizes, Home News

Plus: Mickey Rourke still giving delightful interviews....

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The Man Behind the Man Booker Winner

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Henry Holt, Google, Authors, Publishing, Mentors, Dutton, Wolf Hall, Booker Prize, Publishers, Book, Jack Macrae, Editors, Hilary Mantel, Books News

In all of publishing and probably much of the world, there's just nobody else like Jack Macrae, the American publisher of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, which just won the Booker.

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Hilary Mantel Wins the Booker Prize

Vulture. | vulture | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home

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In your FACE, J. M. Coetzee!...

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Hilary Mantel Wins the Booker Prize

NYMag.com | NYMag | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home

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In your FACE, J. M. Coetzee!...

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BOOKER PRIZE WINNER: Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Uk, Man Booker Prize, Wolf Hall, Books, Booker, Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize, UK Writers, Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall, Booker Prize Winner, Literary Prizes, Books News

LONDON — A tale of political intrigue set during the reign of King Henry VIII won the prestigious Man Booker prize for fiction Tuesday. Hilary ...

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BOOKER PRIZE WINNER: Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

The Man Booker Prize | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

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Set in England in the 1520s, Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the...

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Hilary Mantel Wins Booker Prize

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, John Macrae, Oliver Cromwell, History, Books, Literary Prize, Holt, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize, Booker, Mantel, Literary Prizes, Books News

It's official: Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall (John Macrae Books, Henry Holt & Co.) is the winner of the Man Booker Prize for 2009. Yes, this is a time fo...

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Booker Prize: Why No Coverage?

The Guardian | Robert McCrum | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: England, Uk, Man Booker Prize, Books Coverage, Man Booker, Books, Booker Prize, Literary Prizes, Books News

Once upon a time in the last century, when new fiction was fashionable, the Booker prize (now the Man Booker) was considered Breaking News, upending t...

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What Have We Done to Democracy?

Arundhati Roy | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

Read More: Elections, Democracy, Democracy Promotion, India Pakistan Relations, Pakistan Democracy, Kashmir, Booker Prize, World News

What happens now that democracy and the free market have fused into a single predatory organism with a thin, constricted imagination that revolves almost entirely around the idea of maximizing profit?

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Coetzee Headed for Man Booker Hat Trick?

Vulture. | vulture | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

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The short list for the 2009 Man Booker Prize was announced today, with J.M. Coetzee in line to possibly become the first-ever author to win three time...

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Coetzee Headed for Man Booker Hat Trick?

NYMag.com | NYMag | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

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The short list for the 2009 Man Booker Prize was announced today, with J.M. Coetzee in line to possibly become the first-ever author to win three time...

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Coatzee Headed for Man Booker Hat Trick?

Vulture. | vulture | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

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The shortlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize was announced today, with J.M. Coetzee in line to possibly become the first-ever author to win three times...

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Coatzee Headed for Man Booker Hat Trick?

NYMag.com | NYMag | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

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The shortlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize was announced today, with J.M. Coetzee in line to possibly become the first-ever author to win three times...

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Booker Shortlist 2009: Byatt, Coetzee Are Back

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: A.S. Byatt, Books, The Little Stranger, Wolf Hall, Sarah Waters, Simon Mawer, Booker Shortlist 2009, Adam Foulds, J.M. Coetzee, The Quickening Maze, Booker Shortlist, The Children's Book, Man Booker Prize, Summertime, Hilary Mantel, The Glass Room, Booker Prize, Literary Prizes, Media News

LONDON — Previous winners A.S. Byatt and J.M. Coetzee are among six finalists announced Tuesday for literature's prestigious Man Booker Prize. ...

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The Shelf Talker: Disco, Beer and Rubix Cubes

Kevin Smokler | Posted 08.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Literature, Newyork, Man Booker Prize, 1980s, Books, Wildstyle, 1970s, Beer, Booker Prize, Media News

The nominees for the Man Booker Prize, the UK's equivalent of the Best Book Oscar, have been announced. Though we love lists/awards/hall-of-fames of all variety we want hide under the sofa when they land in our laps.

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Me Cheeta, Chimp's Memoir, Among Contenders For Man Booker Prize

AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media

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LONDON — The purported autobiography of a movie-star chimpanzee is among the contenders for Britain's most prestigious literary award. "Me Chee...

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Please, Dear Novelists - Get Real

Johann Hari | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Fiction, Novels, Tom Wolfe, Dave Eggers, Aravind Adiga, Slumdog Millionaire, Journalism, New Journalism, Between the Assassinations, Booker Prize, Media News

The Slumdog Kill-ionaire is back, and he is reminding us how exhilarating fiction can be when novelists finally leave their seminar rooms and dive into the real world.

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Interview with Arundhati Roy: 'We Need a Feral Howl'

Christina Patterson | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Investment Climate, Globalisation, Nuclear Tests, Narmada Dam, 9/11, Afghanistan, India, Obama, Democracy, Booker Prize, The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy, Entertainment News

Roy is one of the only writers to have hit international stardom with fiction that won plaudits for its winsome playfulness and to have eschewed it, for more than a decade, for deadly serious polemic.

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Booker Prize, Media News

Hello, good morning, welcome, to nothing much. This is your liveblog of the Sunday Morning Political Loud Sucking Sounds.

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Alice Munro Wins Man Booker International Prize

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

Read More: International Man Booker Prize, Man Booker Prize, Book Prize, Alice Munro, Books, Booker Prize, Media News

According to the official announcement, Alice Munro has won the International Man Booker Prize. "I am totally amazed and delighted," she said in a pre...

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