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The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize announces its shortlist for 2018

The literary award for debut writers comes with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh. The winner will be announced in November.
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Trinidadian writer Kevin Jared Hosein bags top spot in the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Hosein was named as the recipient of the overall prize from among five regional winners, which included Indian writer Sagnik Datta.
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‘The English Patient’ by Michael Ondaatje declared the best Booker Prize winner in 50 years

The novel, which won the Man Booker in 1992, won the Golden Man Booker Prize in a public poll.
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Amish Tripathi’s new novel ‘Suheldev And The Battle of Bahraich’ releasing on July 16

Fans of his ‘Ramachandra’ series might have to wait till early next year, however.
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Kamila Shamsie wins the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel ‘Home Fire’

The prestigious literary award comes with a cash prize of £30,000.
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Two stories from India are on this year’s shortlist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize

The 24 stories on the shortlist were chosen from 5,182 entries.
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This publisher wants your real-life stories of paranormal experiences with ‘spirits’ of loves ones

The contest by Penguin Random House closes on May 13.
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Meena Kandasamy and Kamila Shamsie on the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

The prize is awarded annually to excellent in fiction writing by women and comes with a cash prize of £30,000.
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Kushanava Choudhury’s book ‘The Epic City’ on the shortlist for the RSL Ondaatje Prize

The £10,000 prize is awarded to a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that evokes the spirit of a place.
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The New India Foundation announces an annual non-fiction book prize worth Rs 15 lakh

The prize will be awarded to a work of non-fiction about any aspect of India after 1947.
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Rajdeep Sardesai’s ‘Democracy’s XI’ shortlisted for the MCC Book Of The Year Award 2018

Only two Indian writers have won the award for books on cricket.
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Seagull Books’s ‘The Flying Mountain’ makes the longlist for the Man Booker International Prize

The novel in verse joins 12 other titles, including works by past winners Han Kang and Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
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The JCB Prize for Literature worth Rs 25 lakh will accept entries from March 1 for Indian fiction

The literary prize, helmed by writer Rana Dasgupta, will be awarded for fiction written in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer every November.
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Penguin Random House India announces the launch of a digital imprint for mobile reading

Penguin Petit will publish short, low-priced books tailored for phone-reading.
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Vivek Shanbhag named finalist for the ‘LA Times’ Book Prize for his novel ‘Ghachar Ghochar’

The novelist joins a list that includes Joyce Carol Oates and Ta-Nehisi Coates.