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Lambda Literary Awards 2019
You may have noticed that it is Pride Month! Make sure you show your support at the Pride events around you this month and go spend some money on some of these amazing queer authors! The Lambda Literary Awards are probably the most comprehensive LBGTQIA+ book awards in the country. Awarded in 24 categories, they highlight fiction, non fiction, poetry, genre writing, erotica and more! These awards were announced at the start of Pride Month on June 3rd. I can’t highlight every book but you can find the full list of winners HERE. 2019 Winners Lesbian Fiction – The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai – “In this visionary novel by…
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Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019
I promise that at some point I will start actually posting about the books I am reading, but with so many awards out at the moment (and so many of the awards going to authors of color), I feel like this is important too! The shortlist for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction was actually amazing – every book I have read off this list was great! Shortlist The Silence of Girls by Pat Barker – “There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles,…
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2019 Man Booker International Prize
The Man Booker International Prize was announced on May 21st. According to their website, this biannual prize is “recognizes one writer for his or her achievement in fiction. Worth £60,000, the prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.” This award does a great job of highlighting books translated into English from around the world, as you can see in this year’s shortlist. I haven’t read any of these at this point, but I am very interested, especially in Celestial Bodies as I know very little about Oman!…
because stories are important
