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Palestinian Author Yasmin Zaher Wins Dylan Thomas Prize

The Coin, chosen in a unanimous decision by judges, “is a borderless novel, tackling trauma and grief with bold and poetic moments of quirkiness and humour”, said writer and judging chair Namita Gokhale. “It fizzes with electric energy”, with Zaher bringing “complexity and intensity to the page through her elegantly concise writing”. Read more

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Winners of the 2025 Edgar Awards Announced

MWA is proud to announce the winners for the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2024. The 79th Annual Edgar Awards were celebrated on May 1, 2025 in New York City. Read more

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Winners of the Windham-Campbell Prizes Revealed

The Windham-Campbell Prizes have announced the eight winners of their 2025 awards, with Sigrid Nunez and Anne Enright among the writers receiving $175,000 grants that honor outstanding literary achievement … The Windham-Campbell Prizes, administered by Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, were first awarded in 2013. Previous recipients include Teju Cole, Hilton Als, Cathy Park Hong, and Hanif Abdurraqib. Read more

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Aleksei Navalny Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

Hisham Matar won the fiction prize, and Sandra Cisneros received the lifetime achievement award … The awards, which were announced Thursday at a ceremony at the New School in New York City, are among the most highly regarded literary prizes in the United States. The winners are chosen by book critics instead of committees made up of authors or academics, which is how most literary prizes are administered. Read more

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‘The First State of Being’ and ‘Chooch Helped’ Win Top Children’s Book Awards

The books The First State of Being and Chooch Helped have won the Newbery and the Caldecott awards, respectively — the biggest honors in children’s literature. The awards were announced Monday morning at the American Library Association’s annual Youth Media Awards. Read more

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Mick Herron Wins Diamond Dagger Award

British writer Mick Herron, best known for his Slough House series beginning with Slow Horses, has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger award for lifetime contribution to crime writing. Read more

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