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11 January 2025

11 January: de Boon shortlists | Prix Naissance d'une œuvre finalists | Book cafes in ... Riyadh

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       de Boon shortlists

       They've announced the shortlists for this year's de Boon Prize -- a Flemish prize for Dutch-language literature and, at €50,000 for the winner in each of the two categories -- fiction/non and children's/YA literature -- one of the top three Dutch-language book prizes.
       The winners will be announced 25 March.

(Posted by: M.A.Orthofer)    - permanent link -

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       Prix Naissance d'une œuvre finalists

       They've announced the seven authors for this year's prix Naissance d'une œuvre, a French award for the best fourth, fifth, or sixth novel by an author.
       The winner of this €20,000 prize will be announced 21 May.

(Posted by: M.A.Orthofer)    - permanent link -

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       Book cafes in ... Riyadh

       At Arab News Waad Hussain reports on Riyadh's literary havens: Where coffee meets the love of books,
       These look pretty nice -- but not necessarily what I would have expected/hoped to find in Saudi Arabia.

(Posted by: M.A.Orthofer)    - permanent link -

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