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Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2008

Down River by John Hart - winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards Best Novel 2008

"Down River" by John Hart won Best Novel at the Edgars. These awards which include an excellent non-fiction category - Best Fact Crime Writing - are sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America.
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2008, Romantic Novel of the Year

"Pillow Talk" by Freya North won the 2008 Romantic Novel of the Year. The announcement by the Romantic Novelists' Association was made just in time for Valentine's Day!
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Crime Writers' Association - 2008

"Blood From Stone" by Frances Fyfield won the Crime Writers' Association, Crime Novel of the Year - popularly known as the Gold Dagger - in 2008.
Sue Grafton won the Diamond Dagger for a lifetime of crime writing
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Crime Thriller of the Year 2007

"Book Of The Dead" by Patricia Cornwell took the Crime Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards, 2008
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Oct 15, 2008:Estelle was awarded Best UK Female at the 2008 MOBO Awards. more »

Oct 14, 2008:The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga won the 2008 Booker Prize. more »

Oct 9, 2008: Mick Imlah won the 2008 Forward Poetry Prize. more »

Oct 9, 2008: Jean Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature. more »

Sept 9, 2008: A shortlist of 6 books for the 2008 Booker Prize was announced. more »

Sept 9, 2008: The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow won the 2008 Mercury Music Prize. more »

July 29, 2008:Salman Rushdie is among the 12 shortlisted books for the 2008 Booker Prize. more »

July 22, 2008:A shortlist of twelve albums has been announced for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize. more »

July 15, 2008: "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" by Kate Summerscale won the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. more »

July 10, 2008: "Blood from Stone" by Frances Fyfield won the crime novel of the year, The Duncan Lawrie Dagger. more »

July 10, 2008: "Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie won the 40th Anniversary, Best of the Booker. more »

July 1, 2008: "The Presence" by Dannie Abse won the Wales Book of the Year. more »

June 26, 2008: Philip Reeve won the Carnegie Medal for his children's story "Here Lies Arthur". more »

June 18, 2008: David Szalay won the Betty Trask Prize for "London and the South-East". more »