National awards, prizes and cultural campaigns
Follow national events and awards with Dorset Libraries - vote for which book you think you win the Orange prize, find out the short list for the Carnegie and Greenaway Prizes and discover who has won the Lost Booker Prize for 2010!
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Carnegie Medal
Celebrate the Carnegie Medal with Dorset libraries.
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To Kill A Mockingbird 50th anniversary - 2010
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird by making a trip to your local library.
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The Kate Greenaway Medal short list
Freya Blackwood has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration in a book for children for the book 'Harry & Hopper'.
- The Lost Man Booker Prize
'Troubles' by JG Farrell has been awarded The Lost Man Booker prize for 2010.
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The Orange Prize for Fiction
The 2010 winner is Barbara Kingsolver for her novel 'The Lacuna'. She was presented with her award by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall! Thank you to everyone who took part in a Dorset library event or voted online for their favourite.
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Man Booker Prize 2010
Howard Jacobson for 'The Finkler Question' (Bloomsbury) has won the Man Booker Prize winner.
