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Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» LONDON - Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet Song," a dystopian work about an Ireland that descends into tyranny.
US man gets suspended sentence for stalking actress Claire Foy
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» LONDON - An American man on Friday received a suspended jail term in the UK for stalking "The Crown" actress Claire Foy, on condition he returns to the United States.
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» LONDON: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain's Booker Prize for fiction for his work "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida", about a journalist murdered amid the country's sectarian strife.
Hilary Mantel: bringing ghosts to life
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» LONDON: Hilary Mantel, whose death was announced on Friday, communed with ghosts throughout her life: the ghosts from history that stalked her fiction, the ghosts of her Irish Catholic ancestors and the ghosts of her unborn children.
Famed author Hilary Mantel dies at 70
Published on 23/09/2022
» LONDON: Hilary Mantel, the best-selling British author known for her award-winning Wolf Hall historical trilogy, died on Thursday at the age of 70, her publisher said on Friday.
Future queen: Duchess of Cambridge turns 40
AFP, Published on 09/01/2022
» LONDON - Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, turned 40 on Sunday, hitting the milestone as her profile soars alongside her husband, Prince William, the future king.
South African Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for 'The Promise'
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» LONDON: South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut on Wednesday won the 2021 Booker Prize for "The Promise", his third shortlisted novel which chronicles a family in his homeland from the late apartheid era through to Jacob Zuma's presidency.
2020 Nobel season opens with medicine prize
AFP, Published on 05/10/2020
» STOCKHOLM - Breakthroughs in the field of health will be honoured Monday when the 2020 Nobel season kicks off with the medicine prize, as the world battles the worst pandemic in a century.
Nobel prizes in year marked by pandemic
AFP, Published on 01/10/2020
» STOCKHOLM - Press freedom groups and climate activist Greta Thunberg are making Nobel Peace Prize buzz ahead of next week's award announcements, in a pandemic year that has highlighted the importance of science and research.
Debutants and Americans dominate Booker Prize longlist
AFP, Published on 28/07/2020
» LONDON - Eight debut novelists came up against veterans Hilary Mantel and Tsitsi Dangarembga when Britain unveiled a US-dominated longlist of finalists Tuesday for its revered Booker Prize.