Katie Fforde's novel Summer of Love has been shortlisted in the Contemporary Romantic Novel category. The category winners will be announced on the 5th of March.
AM Heath author Patrick Flanery’s debut novel, Absolution has been selected for this year’s prestigious Waterstones 11. Titles on the list are hotly anticipated to sell well and win awards. Absolution (published by Atlantic Books on 1st March) about a world-famous South African author and her biographer, explores, among other themes, apartheid, and has had early comparisons with JM Coetzee.
Alan Bissett has been chosen as Writer of the Year 2011 at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland awards. The Spirit of Scotland awards recognise Scottish excellence in culture, science, or sport.
R.J. Ellory's novel A Simple Act of Violence is among the ten novels chosen as a USA Publishers' Weekly Book of the Year 2011 in the Mystery/Thriller category.