Trade visitors in Hall 6 at Frankfurt Book Fair Friday (October 21) near the Publishing Perspectives office. Image: Frankfurter Buchmesse, Mark Jacquemin
As Frankfurt Book Fair’s press officers report a slight increase in trade-visitor attendance this year, the German trade gives Carolin Emcke its 2016 peace prize. Continue reading
Porter Anderson: Frankfurt Book Fair Notes: Attendance Figures, Emcke’s Peace Prize已关闭评论
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By Tim Masters
Paul Beatty with the Duchess of Cornwall. PA
Paul Beatty has become the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize with his racial satire The Sellout.
His novel tells the story of a young black man who tries to reinstate slavery and racial segregation in a suburb of Los Angeles. Continue reading
Man Booker Prize: Paul Beatty becomes first US winner for The Sellout已关闭评论
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By Nigel Hunt, CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2016 2:50 PM ETLast Updated: Oct 25, 2016 8:29 AM ET
‘I feel like I’ve won the lottery of lotteries already,’ said Booker-nominated Canadian author Madeleine Thien, seen greeting a fan at the 2016 Vancouver Writers Festival. Thien’s latest novel is also nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Giller Prize and other honours. (CBC)
Madeleine Thien, Canada’s newest literary star, a favourite to win prestigious Man Booker Prize已关闭评论
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