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*1995 - [[John Loveday (author)|John Loveday]] - ''Halo''<ref>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/BookSearch/results.asp?ATH=Jon+Loveday</ref> |
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*1997 - [[Ronald Wright]] - ''A Scientific Romance''<ref>http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/wright.php</ref> |
*1997 - [[Ronald Wright]] - ''A Scientific Romance''<ref>http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/wright.php</ref> |
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*1998 - [[Gavin Kramer]] - ''Shopping''<ref>http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Fiction-literature/General-fiction/Author-VZ/auction-209590956.htm</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:43, 21 June 2009
Curtis Brown Prize
In March 2005 the Curtis Brown Prize was launched, awarded to "the best prose fiction student on the course" and sponsored by Curtis Brown Literary Agency.[1] Winners have been[2] :-
- 2006 - Joe Dunthorne
- 2007 - Tamara Britten
- 2008 - Daniel Timms
- 2009 - Lauren Owen
David Higham Prize for Fiction
The prize was inugurated in 1975 to mark the 80th birthday of the late David Higham, literary agent and is awarded annually to a citizen of the Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland, Pakistan or South Frica for a firat novel or book of short stories. It was cancelled in 1999 due to 'the lack of publicity its winners received'.[3]
Past Winners
- 1975 - Jane Gardam - Black Faces, White Faces and Matthew Vaughan - Chalky
- 1976 - Caroline Blackwood - The Stepdaughter
- 1977 - Patricia Finney - A Shadow of Gulls
- 1978 - Leslie Norris - Sliding
- 1979 - John Harvey - The Plate Shop
- 1980 - Ted Harriot - Keep On Running
- 1981 - Christopher Hope - A Seperate Development
- 1982 - Glyn Hughes - Where I Used to Play on the Green
- 1983 - R. M. Lamming - The Notebook of Gismonde Cavalletti
- 1984 - James Buchan - A Parish of Rich Women
- 1985 - Patricia Ferguson - Family Myths and Legends
- 1986 - Jim Crace - Continent
- 1987 - Adam Zameenzad - The Thirteenth House
- 1988 - Carol Birch - A Life in the Palace
- 1989 - Tim O'Grady - Motherland[4]
- 1990 - Russell Celyn Jones - Soldiers and Innocents]][5]
- 1992 - Elspeth Barker - O Caledonia[6]
- 1993 - Nicola Barker - Love Your Enemies[7]
- 1994 - Fred D'Aguiar - The Longest Memory[8]
- 1995 - Vikram Chandra - Red Earth and Pouring Rain[9]
- 1995 - John Loveday - Halo[10]
- 1997 - Ronald Wright - A Scientific Romance[11]
- 1998 - Gavin Kramer - Shopping[12]
References
- Awards up to 1988: Prizewinning Literature: UK Literary Award Winners by Anne Strachan, publ. 1989 by Library Assocation Publishing Ltd ISBN 0 85365 558 8
- ^ http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/books/news/117/
- ^ http://www.uea.ac.uk/creativewriting/PublishingLinks
- ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4665248-1.html
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorID=3550
- ^ http://www.bbk.ac.uk/writloud/Writers.htm
- ^ http://www.abebooks.com/search/isbn/0151677743
- ^ http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/David%20Higham%20Prize%20for%20Fiction
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Longest-Memory-Fred-DAguiar/dp/0701162341
- ^ http://www.vikramchandra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=135
- ^ http://search.barnesandnoble.com/BookSearch/results.asp?ATH=Jon+Loveday
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/wright.php
- ^ http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Fiction-literature/General-fiction/Author-VZ/auction-209590956.htm