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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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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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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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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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in category best first novel, the Guardian First Book Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize, and the Betty Trask Award. Time magazine included...

Indian novelist. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia. She is married to...

common assault" with a range of positions in between. A judge of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Nicholas Hasluck, described The Slap as "a controversial...

African novelist. His debut novel, Thirteen Cents, won the 2001 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region. His second novel, The Quiet...

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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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...

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...

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is a charitable organization that was established in 1913, and has over 400 member institutions in over...

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...

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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