The 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony honors the best books of 2009 The 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony honors the best books of 2009. The Prizes were awarded April 23, 2010, in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Times building.... Read more... | Comments (0)

Orange Prize Winners Announced The shortlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for fiction written by women features two debut novelists as well as "the seemingly unstoppable might of Hilary Mantel and Wolf Hall," the Guardian reported. The winner will be honored June 9 in London. And the finalists are...

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WHAT TO DO [WHEN NO ONE HAS A CLUE] Stevie Pierson has done it again! Not only have she and Barbara Harrison zeroed in on all of the current questions and situations we've been clueless about in our changing techno-global world, but she's gone to the experts for the answers! Read more... | Comments (0)

2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners have been announced! The Pulitzer Prize for distinguished fiction by an American author, (preferably dealing with American life) has been awarded to “Tinkers,” by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press), a powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality. Also nominated as finalists in this category were: “Love in Infant Monkeys,” by Lydia Millet (Soft Skull Press), an imaginative collection of linked stories, often describing a memorable encounter between a famous person and an animal, underscoring the human folly of longing for significance while chasing trifles, and “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,” by Daniyal Mueenuddin (W.W. Norton & Company), a collection of beautifully crafted stories that exposes the Western reader to the hopes, dreams and dramas of an array of characters in feudal Pakistan, resulting in both an aesthetic and cultural achievement. More winners,,, Read more... | Comments (0)