Commonwealth Writers works in partnership with international literary organisations, the wider cultural industries and civil society to help writers develop...
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Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed...
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The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which...
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and was discontinued by the Commonwealth Foundation, along with the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. The Prize is open to writers who have had little or no...
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The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not...
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the Commonwealth of Nations was largely inherited from British colonisation, with some exceptions. English serves as the medium of inter-Commonwealth relations...
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Committee, drawn from NGOs and professional bodies across the Commonwealth and Commonwealth Writers' Prize Advisory Committee. Throughout its history, the Foundation...
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A Commonwealth citizen is a citizen of a Commonwealth of Nations member state. Most member countries generally do not treat citizens of other Commonwealth...
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novel was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional prize (Caribbean and Canada). It was shortlisted...
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A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth that has Charles III as its monarch and ceremonial head of state. All the realms are...
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Mark Haddon (category 20th-century English male writers)
Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize for his work. In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the...
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The republics in the Commonwealth of Nations are the sovereign states in the organisation with a republican form of government. As of June 2022[update]...
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The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states, referred to as Commonwealth countries. Most of them were British colonies...
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Vikram Chandra (novelist) (category English-language writers from India)
July 1961) is an Indian-American writer. His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Chandra...
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Sindiwe Magona (category South African short story writers)
The 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize short lists", Commonwealth Foundation. Archived 1 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine "Commonwealth Writers Prize",...
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in category best first novel, the Guardian First Book Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize, and the Betty Trask Award. Time magazine included...
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Manju Kapur (category Writers from Amritsar)
Indian novelist. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia. She is married to...
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common assault" with a range of positions in between. A judge of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Nicholas Hasluck, described The Slap as "a controversial...
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African novelist. His debut novel, Thirteen Cents, won the 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region. His second novel, The Quiet...
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positive reviews from critics and won several awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in 2005. Kambili Achike is a teenage Nigerian...
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The Commonwealth Secretariat is the main intergovernmental agency and central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is responsible for facilitating...
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Head of the Commonwealth is the ceremonial leader who symbolises "the free association of independent member nations" of the Commonwealth of Nations,...
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The Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOG) is the collective name for the government leaders of the nations with membership in the Commonwealth of Nations...
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Men (1999) is a novel by Australian author Lily Brett. It won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2000 for the Best Book from the South-East Asia and South...
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Murray Bail. The book won the 1999 Miles Franklin Award, the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the 1999 ALS Gold Medal. Eucalyptus tells the story of...
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The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is a charitable organization that was established in 1913, and has over 400 member institutions in over...
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of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the same year. Despite its title, the book is fiction and...
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from Zimbabwe in English. Nervous Conditions won Best Book of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa section) in 1989. The semi-autobiographical novel...
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Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, held on the second Monday in March. While the date holds some official status...
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The Commonwealth secretary-general is the head of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central body which has served the Commonwealth of Nations since its...
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