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              Literary awards

              From the Booker Prize to the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

              WS Merwin, who wrote more than 20 books during his career, died on Friday. AP

              Pulitzer Prize-winning poet WS Merwin dies at 91

              BooksMarch 16, 2019
              The Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded twice this year.

              Nobel Prize in Literature to be awarded twice this year

              BooksMarch 05, 2019
              Dr Jane Hawking gestures during the interview at the Book Festival in Dubai. Satish Kumar for The National

              Jane Hawking thrills at Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

              BooksMarch 03, 2019
              The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature includes is an event tailor made for book lovers. Leslie Pableo/ The National

              Emirates Airline Festival of Literature begins with host of stars

              BooksMarch 02, 2019
              Ahlam Bolooki, festival director for Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Courtesy Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

              Meet the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature's new director: Ahlam Bolooki

              BooksFebruary 24, 2019
              Jamal Al Suwaidi (centre) receives the Sheikh Zayed Book Award from Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed

              Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature

              BooksFebruary 15, 2019
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              IPAF 2019: 'Every woman on that shortlist more than deserves to be there'

              BooksFebruary 10, 2019
              Author Ben Okri won the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road'. Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival

              Ben Okri: Booker Prize will go from 'strength to strength'

              BooksJanuary 28, 2019
              Lebanon's Hoda Barakat, author of The Night Mail. IPAF

              Seven women on longlist for 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

              BooksJanuary 07, 2019
              Sharjah is the guest of honour of the New Delhi International Book Fair. Courtesy of Sharjah Book Authority

              Sharjah is the guest of honour at New Delhi International Book Fair

              BooksJanuary 07, 2019
              Winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award will be announced in a ceremony held during the 2019 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

              Longlist announced for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Literary Studies

              BooksNovember 27, 2018
              Visitors at the Sharjah International Book Fair, which wrapped up yesterday. AFP

              Sharjah International Book Fair poised to break another record

              BooksNovember 11, 2018
              Digital superstar Lilly Singh will discuss her rise to fame AP

              Sharjah Book Fair: The five sessions not to miss in the final weekend

              BooksNovember 08, 2018
              Ahmed Mourad Courtesy Kheridine Mabrouk

              Ahmed Mourad: writing a world in which nothing is normal

              BooksOctober 31, 2018
              handouts from the sharjah international book fair, 2014. Ahlam Mosteghanemi, is an Algerian writer who has been called "the world's best-known arabophone woman novelist". CREDIT: Courtesy Sharjah International Book Fair

              The acclaimed Arab authors to appear at the Sharjah International Book Fair

              BooksOctober 30, 2018
              The Man Booker Prize shortlist of six books. The 2018 winner will be announced on October 16, 2018. Getty Images

              Powers, Edugyan and Johnson tipped to win Man Booker Prize

              BooksOctober 16, 2018
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