Now it is prize season starting the IFFP LONGLIST first ,the shortly after the Orange longlist and today the Miles Franklin longlist in Australia .This set me thinking what other prize there could be what prize would I give ? Well I had some ideas ,maybe a book MOBO’S or a african booker prize or a world booker .But not sure I always have loads ideas ,so I ask you all what prize would you like to see and judge ?
AND THE WINNER IS ? PRIZE SEASON ,WHAT WOULD YOUR PRIZE BE
Having just heard this programme on Radio 4 http://bbc.in/hDL4d2 I’d got for a prize for the stupidest book title including the word “Nazi”. Nazi knitting patterns for example
oh the daft title award alway fun to see Tom ,all the best stu
I’d love to judge the Commonwealth writers’ prize. They always seem to have the most interesting combination of books and I love the fact that the books come from all over the world.
I love to do IFFP myself ,all the best stu
an African Booker or the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize … or perhaps create my own awards for writers in Ghana or to inspire writers rather.
oh a Ghanian prize be great Nana
The trouble with being a judge is that you have to read a great mountain of books and so for a while you can’t read what you want to read, you have to read as if it were a job.
And The Powers That Be would never let me judge the Miles Franklin. I’d insist on them honouring the terms of Miles Franklin’s Will, which they have lately been tinkering with to include all kinds of odd things in order to generate more publicity for the prize. There wouldn’t be any genre fiction in *my* shortlists!
yes the genre lit question up a lot here when booker announced every year ,all the best stu
I like the Commonwealth Writers Prize. An African Booker would be nice too, I guess. My problem with prizes is that they fail to capture the best of what is out there sometimes. Oh, my favorite prize is the IMPAC.
yes agree I like Impac and IFFP and three percent my favourites ,all the best stu
I’d love to see an international prize for novellas.
That be great Kim much overlooked ,I love novellas as hate long books ,all the best stu