Guardian first book award 2013
The Thing About December by Donal Ryan – review
Ryan finds darkness and wit in a tale of rural Irish life, writes Sebastian Barry
Guardian first book award 2013 goes to Donal Ryan
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Judging the Guardian first book award and seeking an objective verdict
Your weekend reading
This week in books: Christos Tsiolkas, Hannah Kent, and Terry Eagleton on MorrisseyGuardian Australia's weekly books-wrap: Burial Rites is nominated for the Guardian first book award and we talk to the author of Barracuda
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Guardian first book award 2013: the shortlist
NoViolet Bulawayo tells of heartbreak of homecoming in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
First Zimbabwean longlisted for Man Booker prize 'hardly recognised desperate country' she found after 13 years in US
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NoViolet Bulawayo pays tribute to father at Zimbabwe book launchGuardian first book award 2013 longlist combines sex and psychoanalysis
Readers choose Guardian first book award's 10th finalist
The Shipwrecked House by Claire Trévien marks the second year running that a poetry collection is the public's nomination
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Guardian first book award 2013: finding the 10th titleRichard Lea: Our search for the 10th title for the award longlist threw up nominations of all stripes. But poetry has triumphed
Help judge the Guardian First Book Award 2013
Guardian first book award 2013: 10th book terms and conditions
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Guardian First book award 2013: help us find the 10th title
Enter the Guardian first book award 2013
Submissions are now open for publishers to enter the Guardian first book award 2013. The closing date is midnight Friday 31 May 2013
