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Industry Notes: Short Story Awards in Spain and the United Kingdom The Madrid-based Desperate Literature program and the BBC National Short Story Award open submissions and name their 2021 jurors. At Madrid’s Desperate Literature bookshop on the Calle Campomanes. Image: Desperate Literature Short Fiction Week Amid the churn of early-year publishing awards programs and their many announcements, certain swirls and eddies always turn up as various programs’ focal formats cluster together. This, it turns out, is Short Fiction Week. Today (January 14) in Madrid, the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize is opening its fourth year’s submissions and announcing its jurors. ....
A roster of more than 90 authors has been announced for the 2021 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, scheduled for three weekends in both physical and digital formats. The Emirates Festival of Literature 2021 site quickly directs visitors to information about coronavirus safety protocols in what is to be a physical-and-digital iteration in February. Image: EAFL Clark: ‘Influential Voices’ Among many developments during the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the United Arab Emirates’ interest in staging large physical book events despite the pathogen’s spread has been interesting. Publishing Perspectives readers looked on, for example, as Ahmed Al Ameri’s Sharjah Book Authority staged its 11-day 2020 Sharjah International Book Fair in November, with a reported 382,000 visitors to the Sharjah Expo Center. The Sharjah program coupled this with a battery of online events that organizers said drew 63,500 attendees. Needless to say, this was a boon to ....
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury) The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria. The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking) Last year the Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel. Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N) A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins as a proposal to refurbish a village church ends in murder; Canon Daniel Clement must investigate. Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout (Viking) ....
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Bernie Grant Arts Centre festival starts today WHERE ALL ROADS LEAD; Bernie Grant Arts Centre THE BERNIE Grant Arts Centre’s Tottenham Literature Festival, a bold festival of words, kicks off today. This year’s festival focuses on the theme of ‘Connectedness’. Against the backdrop of social isolation, the devastation of COVID-19 and the rallying cry that Black Lives Matter, Tottenham Literature Festival arrives a week before Christmas to encourage community and a joyful celebration of Black narratives and stories. The festival brings together award-winning authors and incredible artists from Tottenham and beyond including Ify Adenuga, Derek Owusu, Maaza Mengiste, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Stella Dadzie, Jay Bernard, David Lammy, Gary Younge, Jessica Horn, Lola Shoneyin and Zukiswa Wanner. ....