Tag: Tales of the Metric System
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Africans galore on International Dublin Literary Award 2016 longlist
The International Dublin Literary Award, formerly known as the IMPAC Award, is the richest in the world for a single work of fiction in English with the winner going home with €100 000. If the winning book is a translation, the author receives €75 000 and the translator €25 000. Just like last year, there…
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Sunday Times Literature Prize 2015 shortlists out
The Sunday Times Literary Awards are one of the richest prizes for writers on the continent with winners in the two categories going home with R100 000. The awards are in two categories; the fiction prize is called the Barry Ronge Award and the nonfiction category is called the Alan Paton Award. The award is…