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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Fiction and non-fiction prizes --

https://www.aol.com/naomi-klein-wins-first-women-185640666.html

American author VV Ganeshananthan picked up the Women's Prize for Fiction for her second novel, Brotherless Night, which depicts a family fractured by the Sri Lankan civil war.

The winners were announced at a ceremony in central London on Thursday evening. *

KyiMayKaung

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Fiction and non-fiction prizes --

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

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