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Sarah Bakewell wins 2011 Duff Cooper prize

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Clare Spencer

Sarah Bakewell, associate lecturer for Creative writing (A215), was announced the winner of the 2011 Duff Cooper Prize on 22 February.   Critically acclaimed, her biography of Montaigne, How to Live: A life of Montaigne, was previously one of only three … Continue reading →

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Amy Sackville wins major fiction prize

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

Amy Sackville, Associate Lecturer on  A215 Creative Writing, has won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize for her first novel The Still Point.    The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, was founded in honour of the writer John Llewellyn Rhys, who was killed … Continue reading →

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Creative writing lecturer makes awards shortlist

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

Sarah Bakewell, Associate Lecturer on  A215 Creative Writing, is one of only three people to make it onto the Costa Biography Book Award shortlist for 2010. How To Live a Life of Montaigne is the first full life of Montaigne in … Continue reading →

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