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In.news.yahoo.com,14 April 2010   Nigerian author presents human side to email scam Wed, Apr 14 10:37 AM Wasfia Jalali New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) Her debut novel relates the stories of people who took the notorious but lucrative email scam route to riches in Nigeria, and author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani says her work was an

The London Book Fair,14 April 2010   Commonwealth Writers’ Prize finalists demonstrate global character Authors from seven different countries made the final of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize They include authors from across the Commonwealth, including South African writer Marie Heese and Michael Crummey from Canada. However, it was a British author who claimed the top

The Sydney Morning Herald,14 April 2010   Magic ingredient helps first-time novelist scoop top prize IF THERE was any doubt an Australian had won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best first book, it vanished when Glenda Guest told a British journalist she felt ”like a stunned mullet”. Guest’s novel Siddon Rock was praised by the

The Australian,14 April 2010   Down-to-earth novelist scales the literary heights GLENDA Guest, the down-to-earth Australian writer who was a surprise winner at the regional heat of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize last month, has gone on to greater glory. Yesterday, Guest, who is in her 60s, was named winner of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers

The Indian Express,14 April 2010   Delhi Now After Bulgaria, novelist Rana Dasgupta looks at the Capital in his next book Rana Dasgupta expresses a certain amount of wonder at having won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book on Monday evening. “It was a surprise. I’m delighted to have won the prize. Solo was

Hindustan Times,14 April 2010   King of the word He’s suave, good looking and writes like a dream. The 38-year-old winner of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, 2010, Rana Dasgupta spoke to HT City about 10,000 British Pound as award, possibly meeting the Queen and being a Delhiwallah. Dasgupta, who won the award for his second

The Sydney Morning Herald,14 April 2010   A late bloomer produces a winning bouquet THERE’S something of a tradition of women writers producing their first novels late in life and then having significant success. Think Elizabeth Jolley or Mary Wesley. Alongside those redoubtable novelists you might now want to add the name of Glenda Guest.

Award Tragic Blog,15 April 2010   Commonwealth Writers Prize 2010 Winners Siddon Rock by Australian author Glenda Guest (Vintage) is the winner of the ₤5000 (A$8,250) best first book award in this year’s Commonwealth Writers Prize. Solo by Rana Dasgupta (Fourth Estate) was the winner of the overall Commonwealth Writers Prize for best book. The