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Op-Ed: Being dead’s not enough, as Mailer wins Literary Review award for 'bad sex'

For 14 years, the Literary Review has been awarding this prize. Frankly, I think it’s a blatant effort by critics to extend their reach into the afterlife. Mailer had various encounters with critics who’d arguably died before writing the reviews.

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Hatchet Job lit prize celebrates biting book reviews

A critic might say there's an art to penning an intelligently biting review and now a new literary award has been established to celebrate such assessments.

Hatchet Job award goes to Cunningham takedown

A critic who accused a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of scattering literary allusions like 'tin cans tied to a tricycle' has won a prize for the year's most lacerating book review.

Joyce Carol Oates wins $10K Blue Met award

Montreal's annual Blue Metropolis literary festival is luring American novelist Joyce Carol Oates in 2012 by honouring her with the International Literary Grand Prix.

David Bergen shortlisted for $131K literary award

Winnipeg author David Bergen has made the short list for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, one of the world's most lucrative book prizes.

Northrop Frye statue unveiled for literary fans

A sneak peek of a statue celebrating Northrop Frye's centennial birthday was unveiled Monday at Moncton's Capitol Theatre along with a list of authors and literary critics who will be attending this year's Frye Festival.