2013 National Book Award Longlists

This is the first year the National Book Award is giving us a longlist of titles for each category. This past week, they’ve been announcing one category per day, culminating in today’s fiction longlist. Fiction: Pacific, by Tom Drury The End of the Point, by Elizabeth Graver The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner The Lowland, by … Read more

2013 Giller Prize Longlist

Today they announced the 2013 Giller Prize longlist (which contains two collections of short stories): Going Home Again, by Dennis Bock The Orenda, by Joseph Boyden Hellgoing, by Lynn Coady Cataract City, by Craid Davidson How to Get Along with Women, by Elisabeth De Mariaffi Extraordinary, by David Gilmour Emancipation Day, by Wayne Grady October … Read more

2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlist

Today the Man Booker Prize shortlist was announced: The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton Harvest, by Jim Crace A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri We Need New Names, by NoViolet Bulawayo The Testament of Mary, by Colm Tóibín I’m thrilled to say that I had five books on … Read more

New Project: Shakespeare Podcast

I have not gone off the deep end — I don’t think — and have started a new project that will run independently of The Mookse and the Gripes, a new solo podcast called The Worlds and Works of Shakespeare. The plan (and I’ve done a lot of prep work so I’m hoping it goes … Read more

2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist

Today they announced the longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Harvest by Jim Crace The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris The Kills by Richard House The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri Unexploded by Alison MacLeod … Read more

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner

From early Twitter reports, they’ve just announced the winner of this year’s International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award:  City of Bohane, by Kevin Barry The paperback edition of this came out just Tuesday here in th United States. I looked for it at a local bookstore yesterday but didn’t see it yet. I’ve enjoyed Barry’s short … Read more