In The Age Louise Adler argues Fine lines: why book prizes are worth it -- as she believes: 'Literary awards are good for writers and the industry.' That may well be so -- but are they good for readers ?
Almost another literary award -- they have a name and a committee, but while (as MNA report) Iran's most lucrative literary award moves forward, they haven't quite gotten all the way there yet.
With all the 'attention' China is getting as Olympics-host are the Germans getting nervous about China being Guest of Honour at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair ?
There's yet another new 'literary' prize, this time in Malaysia, The Star-Popular Readers Choice Awards. Not our favourite kind of set-up -- but at least we learn a bit about the bestselling titles in Malaysia.
Domestic abuse is the subject of the Irish writer's latest novel - and researching it was a shattering experience. 'All of the women I spoke to felt that nobody could help them,' she tells Roya Nikkhah
