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The Cocaine Salesman and The Book of Doubt longlisted for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Conny Braam's The Cocaine Salesman and Tessa De Loos's The Book of Doubt have been nominated for this year's IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, which i...

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Samar Yazbek interviewed in the Guardian
Aida Edemariam interviews the author of A Woman in the Crossfire: 'A woman like me makes life difficult.'

Samar Yazbek, who was last week awarded the PEN/Pinter Author of Courage Award, speaks about her experiences of the revolution and the impact tha...

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Samar Yazbek presented with the PEN/Pinter International Writer of Courage Award 2012
Carol Ann Duffy shared this year's PEN/Pinter award with Samar Yazbek. The award is presented to authors of outstanding literary merit who cast an 'unflinching' eye on the world.

This year Carol Ann Duffy was awarded the annual PEN/Pinter Prize, in memory of the playwright Harold Pinter. Each year, the winner is given the ...

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Perla reviewed in the Guardian
Jane Housham reviews Carolina De Robertis's 'impassioned' novel about a young girl coming to terms with her past.

'Fatherhood and the deep bonds between children and parents are explored with a rare gravity in this serious, impassioned novel. De Robertis is u...

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Samar Yazbek in the Washington Post
'Refusing to play Assad's Sectarian Games in Syria' - David Ignatius writes about Samar Yazbek as the public face of the Syrian opposition movement.

'What moved me most about Yazbek was when she voiced her fear that secular revolutionaries like her — who refuse to play the sectarian game — are...

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