American author Joan Hessayon was a long time member of the RNA (Romantic Novelists Association) and a great supporter of the New Writers’ Scheme. The Joan Hessayon Award is given yearly, to a new writer, whose first published work has been...
The Desmond Elliott Prize, is an annual event, now in it’s third year and is awarded for the best first novel, written in English and published in the UK, with books from all fiction genres being considered. The prize was created in memory of...
The awards and accolades just keep on coming for Sarah Waters. This time it is the Casino de Santiago European Novel Award 2010, for her novel ‘The Night Watch’. The award aims to promote both, the joy of reading and a pro-European...