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This year’s Indie Book Awards Shortlist includes authors Jacqueline Wilson, Elif Shafak and David Litchfield, among others. The awards, run by the Booksellers Association, are judged by – and ...

The bumper list of shortlisted authors for 2025 includes national treasure Jacqueline Wilson and international bestselling author shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Costa Book Award and The ...

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Steve Wilson has attained ubiquitous status in the studio and on the stage with the greatest names in jazz. A bandleader in his own right, Jazz Times calls him the consummate saxophonist-composer and ...

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, was a 29-year-old bartender when she was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2018. This was two years after she ...

Cookbook allegations aside, music legend John Farnham and filmmaker Poppy Stockell were the big winners at the 25th annual awards, winning the overall book of the year Award, audiobook of the year and ...

Chloe Eilsabeth Wilson. Photo: Supplied. At times ... In its structure, like a thriller, the book doesn’t pick up speed until the last third, but all through there’s a sense of unease, of waiting for ...