- Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist full of heavy hitters like Enright, Patchett, and Mantel, but no Atwood;
- Lorna Goodison to receive Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry (1/ I didn’t know there WAS such a thing, 2/ Good thing we kept her face on coinage so she’d allow Canadians get medalled, 3/ I launched my second book way back in 2001 with Gooodison and she was lovely and talented in every way so I’m glad to see this);
- Last ever Taylor Prize goes to Mark Bourrie;
- Edwidge Danticat wins Story Prize;
- Romantic Novelist Awards don’t seem to have imploded;
