Awards The UK’s Goldsmiths prize for fiction “that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel” has gone to Nicola Barker for novel H(a)ppy (Heinemann). Retailer WH Smith picked Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman as their fiction book of the year, with The Little Big Things by Henry Fraser as their nonfiction book of the year. Canada’s Writers’ Trust literary awards were presented, with winners including Brother by David Chariandy for fiction, and Life on the Ground Floor: Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine by James Maskalyk for nonfiction. The Jewish Book Council’s Natan Book Award, a […]
