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'Mister Pip' wins 2007 Commonwealth Writers Prize
New Zealand author Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip, (Text) has won this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize. The prize for best book, worth £10,000 (A$24,000), was announced at the Calabash Literar...
Commonwealth Writers Prize to be announced in Jamaica
The announcement of the winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize will take place on 27 May in Jamaica as part of the Calabash International Literary Festival. The Calabash festival, which ...
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009 to be announced in Auckland
The 23rd annual Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) is to be announced at the Auckland Writers' and Readers' Festival (AWRF), New Zealand, in May 2009, coinciding with the festival's 10th anniversary. T...
Carroll and Foxlee miss out on 2008 CWP
The overall winners of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prizes were announced on Sunday 18 May at the Franschloek Literary Festival in South Africa. The Book of Negroes by Canadian author Lawrence Hill ...
Carroll and Foxlee win regional Commonwealth Writers' Prizes
Steven Carroll has won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in the South East Asia and South Pacific region for The Time We Have Taken (Fourth Estate); and The Anatomy of Wings by Karen ...
Australian authors sweep the (Pacific) pool with CWP shortlist
Australians are guaranteed at least two regional awards at this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP). Local novelists occupy all 11 spots on the shortlists for Best Book and Best First Book for th...
In brief
German prize for de KretserThe LiBeraturpreis 2007 Prize has been awarded to Michelle de Kretser for her novel The Hamilton Case (Vintage). The author of three novels, de Kretser also worked as a...
Jones and O'Connor winners of regional Commonwealth Prizes
Mister Pip by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones (Text) has won the best book award in the South East Asia and South Pacific section of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Tuvalu by Australian Andr...
Regional CWP shortlist announced
The 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize best book and best first book awards regional shortlists have been announced. The following books have been shortlisted for the South East Asia and South Pacific r...
MACQUARIE BACKS CWP
The Macquarie Bank Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Macquarie Bank, has announced that it will support the 2007 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (CWP) to the value of £50,000 (A$120,000). The...
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