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The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, established in 2022, [1] is an annual literary award presented by British bookseller Waterstones to the best debut fiction published in the previous 12 months. The award is intended to "celebrate[] the very best fresh voices in fiction and share[] the joy and magic of discovering new authors."
Fury, published in 2001, is the seventh novel by author Salman Rushdie. Rushdie depicts contemporary New York City as the epicenter of globalization and all of its tragic flaws. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Waterstones Book of the Year, established in 2012, [1] is an annual award presented to a book published in the previous 12 months. Waterstones ' booksellers nominate and vote to determine the winners and finalists for the prize.
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Timothy John Stuart Waterstone [1] was born on 30 May 1939 in Glasgow, Scotland.He is the son of Malcolm Stuart Waterstone, MBE (died 1977), and Sylvia Catherine (died 1967), daughter of George Curnock Sawday of Beechfield, [2] The Common, Weybridge, Surrey, a dentist [3] [4] and "well-known amateur rosarian".
October 11 – The choice of James Kelman's book How Late It Was, How Late as the year's Booker Prize winner proves controversial. [1] One of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, declares it "a disgrace" and leaves the event, later calling the book "crap"; WHSmith's marketing manager calls the award "an embarrassment to the whole book trade"; Waterstone's in Glasgow (where it is set) sells a ...
1 Kings 9 is the ninth chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
Holly is a 2023 crime novel [3] by American author Stephen King.It was published on September 5, 2023, by Scribner.The novel follows Holly Gibney, [4] who made her first appearance in Mr. Mercedes (2014). [5]