So Lucky wins the WA State Book Award!
So Lucky just won the WA State Book Award for Fiction! I’m happy—and surprised. What I want to talk about here is my surprise.
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More data on gender and literary prizes
Two more pie charts showing gender bias in literary awards.
Read moreBooks about women don’t win big awards: some data
Data suggest that the more prestigious the literary prize, the less likely the winner is to write about women or from a woman’s perspective. Women have literary cooties.
Read moreCatherine Hall wins Green Carnation Prize
The winner of the Green Carnation 2011 is The Proof of Love by Catherine Hall. I’ve enjoyed watching the process–and the longlist…
Read moreGreen Carnation Prize Shortlist 2011
The judges have announced the Green Carnation Prize Shortlist 2011: The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge – Patricia Duncker…
Read moreNovelists: how young is ‘young’?
In the New York Times, Sam Tanenhaus ponders the notion that the best fiction is written by people (he mostly talks about…
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Nicola Griffith 