Which book by Andrea Levy was the Booker Prize winner of the year in 2004?
"John Boyega, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Naomie Harris, Sophie Okonedo, Eunice Olumide and Thandie Newton. Among notable Black British visual artists are painters such as Chris Ofili, Frank Bowling, Keith Piper, Sonia Boyce, Paul Dash, Kimathi Donkor, Claudette Johnson, Winston Branch, and sculptors including Sokari Douglas Camp, Ronald Moody, Fowokan, Yinka Shonibare and Zak Ové. Notable Black British writers include novelists Caryl Phillips, Zadie Smith, Andrea Levy (whose 2004 book ""Small Island"" won the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize), Bernardine Evaristo, Alex Wheatle, Ferdinand Dennis (winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial"
"which has been the traditional stock-in-trade of a long line of English novelists. It's honest, skilful, thoughtful and important. This is Andrea Levy's big book."" It won three prestigious awards: Whitbread Book of the Year, the Orange Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. The novel was subsequently made into a two-part television drama of the same title that was broadcast by the BBC in December 2009. Levy's fifth novel, ""The Long Song"", won the 2011 Walter Scott Prize and was shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. The ""Telegraph"" called it a ""sensational novel... [that] tells the life story of"
"The Giver Quartet The Giver Quartet is a series of 4 young adult novels by Lois Lowry. The quartet consists of ""The Giver"" (1993), ""Gathering Blue"" (2000), ""Messenger"" (2004), and ""Son"" (2012). The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. The story takes place in the world of the Giver. Each book has a different protagonist, but is set in the same futuristic era. ""The Giver"" is a 1993 American children's novel (generally young adult or older) set in a society that is at first presented as a utopian society but gradually"
"Book of the Year by ""Inland Empire Weekl"". ""Erotomania"" was reviewed in ""The Village Voice"", ""The Los Angeles Times"", ""Publishers Weekly"", ""Time Out Chicago"" and elsewhere. Levy's short stories, poems, criticism, and essays have appeared in ""The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Village Voice, The East Hampton Star, The Quarterly"", and ""Evergreen Review"". The journal ""American Imago"" published a long autobiographical essay about Levy's psychoanalytic treatment entitled ""Psychoanalysis: The Patient’s Cure” in its Spring 2010 issue. Levy blogs as The Screaming Pope. Inspired by CP Snow's famed ""Two Cultures"" essay, The Philoctetes Center (2003–2011) brought"
"and author is honored with the White Pine Award. There are usually about 10 different nominees for the award every year. 2002: ""Dancing Naked"", written by Shelley Hrdlitschka. Orca Book Publishers. 2003: ""A Foreign Field"", written by Gillian Chan. Kids Can Press. 2004: ""The First Stone"", written by Don Aker. HarperCollins. 2005: ""More Than You Can Chew"", written by Marnelle Tokio. Tundra. 2006: ""The Blue Girl"", written by Charles De Lint. Viking. 2007: ""Shattered"", written by Eric Walters. Viking/Penguin. 2008: ""Keturah & Lord Death"", written by Martine Leavitt. Red Deer Press. 2009: ""Little Brother"", written by Cory Doctorow. Tor Books/H.B."
"(2004 to 2009). She won the 2010 Prize for the concluding volume, ""Ghost Hunter"". 2004 (8) Cottrell Boyce won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Morpurgo made the shortlist. 2003 (8) ""The Curious Incident"" won two Whitbread Awards: Novel (not children's book) and overall ""Book of the Year"". Haddon and Almond made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2002 (9) Pratchett won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Laird, Newbery and Sedgwick made the shortlist. 2001 (10) Naidoo won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Geras was a highly commended runner up. The longlist was"
"of her novels Best Books for Young Adults, as well as Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Her debut novel, """" won numerous awards, including a Christopher Award, the Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, the Myra Cohn Livingston Poetry Award, and a nomination for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2004, ""One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies"" was chosen a Popular Paperback by the ALA and received a Cuffie Award from Publishers Weekly for the Best Book Title of the Year. Her fourth book, ""What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know"", was published by Simon & Schuster"
"Gathering Blue Gathering Blue is a young adult-social science novel, written by Lois Lowry and released in the year 2000. It is a companion book to ""The Giver"" (1993) being set in the same future time period and universe, treating some of the same themes, and is followed by ""Messenger"" (2004), and ""Son"" (2012) in ""The Giver Quartet"". The central character, Kira, who has a deformed leg, is orphaned and must learn to survive in a society that normally leaves the weak or disabled exposed to die in the fields. In the course of the book, she begins to learn"
"terrain; that Sameness emphasizes the utopian qualities of the Community. ""The Giver"" won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. In Australia, Canada, and the United States, it is a part of many middle school reading lists, but it is also on many challenging book lists and appeared on the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of the 1990s. The novel forms a loose quartet with three other books set in the same future era: ""Gathering Blue"" (2000), ""Messenger"" (2004), and ""Son"" (2012). ""Gathering Blue"" is a 2000 children's dystopian novella. It is"
"Then she finds him. A film adaptation of the first book was produced by The Weinstein Company and Walden Media. It was released on August 15, 2014, and starred Jeff Bridges as The Giver, Brenton Thwaites as Jonas and Meryl Streep as the Chief Elder. The Giver Quartet The Giver Quartet is a series of 4 young adult novels by Lois Lowry. The quartet consists of ""The Giver"" (1993), ""Gathering Blue"" (2000), ""Messenger"" (2004), and ""Son"" (2012). The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. The story takes place in the world"
"contest and was named the best book of the year. Specialists admit it as one of the best books on the alphabet in the world. ""ABC"" has been reprinted nine times for a total circulation of more than 200,000 copies. Another book ""Ukrainian folk clothing"" contains her scientific research in the ethnography field. She worked on it for four years: from 1990 until 1994. A perfectly illustrated book, it was recognized as one of the best book of 2001. Her children's book ""The Golden Penguin"" was published in the United Kingdom in 2004 and was presented in Covent Garden in"
"figure. In 2003 he declined an OBE, stating that it reminded him of ""thousands of years of brutality, it reminds me of how my foremothers were raped and my forefathers brutalised"". African-Caribbean British writers have achieved recent literary acclaim. In 2004, Andrea Levy's novel ""Small Island"" was the winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction, one of Britain's highest literary honours. Levy, born in London to Jamaican parents, is the author of four novels, each exploring the problems faced by Black British-born children of Jamaican emigrants. In 2006 Zadie Smith won the Orange Prize for ""On Beauty"". Smith's acclaimed"
"""The Cry of the Icemark"" by Stuart Hill 2006 – ""The Diamond of Drury Lane"" by Julia Golding 2007 – ""Darkside"" by Tom Becker 2008 – ""Ways to Live Forever"" by Sally Nicholls 2009 – ""13 Treasures"" by Michelle Harrison 2010 – ""The Great Hamster Massacre"" by Katie Davies 2011 – ""Artichoke Hearts"" by Sita Brahmachari For 2011, publications the Prize was divided into three categories with separate shortlists, announced in February 2012. 2012 – ""The Pirates Next Door"" by Jonny Duddle (Overall and Picture Book) 2013 – ""Ketchup Clouds"" by Annabel Pitcher (Overall and Teen) 2014 — ""Rooftoppers"" by"
"novel has won a number of prizes including: Small Island (novel) Small Island is a 2004 prize-winning novel by British author Andrea Levy. It was adapted for television in two parts by the BBC in 2009, and is being adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson. The novel is based on four main characters: Hortense, Queenie, Gilbert and Bernard and the story is told from each of their points of view. Its main plot is set in 1948 and focuses on the diaspora of Jamaican immigrants, who, escaping economic hardship on their own ""small island,"" move to England, the Mother"
"book appeared in the ninth spot on the Children's Books version of ""The New York Times"" Best seller list on October 8, 2000, and again on October 29, this time in the tenth spot. Gathering Blue Gathering Blue is a young adult-social science novel, written by Lois Lowry and released in the year 2000. It is a companion book to ""The Giver"" (1993) being set in the same future time period and universe, treating some of the same themes, and is followed by ""Messenger"" (2004), and ""Son"" (2012) in ""The Giver Quartet"". The central character, Kira, who has a deformed"
"She interviewed two hundred and twenty children age six to twelve years using the Children's Depression Rating Scale. The study found that depressed students achieved at grade level in reading and math, but received lower grades for effort than nondepressed students. In 2005, Levy wrote and published a book titled ""The Spirit Builder"", a biography of Dorothy Becker, a woman who organized a group of German-Jewish refugees to establish a retirement home in post-war Chicago. After her retirement from Chicago Public Schools in the late 90's, Levy continues to volunteer at the SelfHelp Home in Chicago. Ursula Levy Ursula Levy"
"win the Man Booker Prize for ""The English Patient"". Margaret Atwood won the Booker in 2000 for ""The Blind Assassin"" and Yann Martel won it in 2002 for the ""Life of Pi"". Carol Shields's ""The Stone Diaries"" won the Governor General's Awards in Canada in 1993, the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2013, Alice Munro was the first Canadian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her work as ""master of the modern short story"". Munro is also a recipient of the Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime"
"2001 which also won The Stockton Children’s Book of the Year Award and ‘The Vampire Blog’ 2010 which won The Brilliant Book Award's His anti-bullying novels ‘Traitor’ 2002 and ‘Avenger’ 2004 have also earned special praise and several prizes. In more recent years though, he has achieved his greatest success with comedies such as, ‘Trust me I’m a Troublemaker,’ 2005 winner of ‘The Calerdale Children’s Book Award and shortlisted for the Lincolnshire Young People’s Award. ‘Help I’m a Classroom Gambler’ 2006, winner of both The Sheffield and Leicester Children’s Book Awards. And ‘The Bad Spy’s Guide’ 2007 shortlisted for The"
"Louis Stevenson 2004 - ""The Day of the Triffids"" by John Wyndham 2005 - ""The Siege"" by Helen Dunmore 2006 - ""Around the World in 80 Days"" by Jules Verne 2007 - ""Small Island"" by Andrea Levy 2008 - ""The Bristol Story"" - a specially commissioned graphic novel 2009 - ""The Lost World"" by Arthur Conan Doyle Great Reading Adventure The Great Reading Adventure was introduced in 2003 as part of Bristol's bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008. It was inspired by an equivalent scheme in Chicago, where they were reading Harper Lee's ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". In"
"Book of the Year in ""The New York Times"" Book Review, and a 2002 Best Book in the ""LA Times"" Book Review. The ""Times Literary Supplement"" called it '[m]agnanimous and merciless, a work reminiscent at times of darkest Atwood ... A witty and melancholy alchemy of heat and chill, a work of craft and fluency, which revitalizes the book in all its guises … for those who love books, Catherine Chidgey is a find.’ The ""Sunday Express"" called it 'a wonderful, gripping read. Human relations and needs are explored in all their complexity. Chidgey proves herself to be among that"
"a quotation from the poem ""To An Athlete Dying Young"" spoken by the Village's schoolteacher, known as Mentor: Messenger (novel) Messenger is a 2004 young adult fiction by author Lois Lowry. It forms the third installment of ""The Giver Quartet"", begun by her 1993 Newbery Medal-winning novel ""The Giver"". It takes place about eight years after the events of ""The Giver"" and about six years after the events of ""Gathering Blue"". Characters from the two earlier books reappear in ""Messenger"", which gives the novels a stronger continuity. Set in an isolated community, known simply as Village, ""Messenger"" focuses upon a"
"‘""In Loving Memory: A Collection for Memorial Services, Funerals and Just Getting By’"" (2004), ‘""Be Mine: An Anthology for Lovers, Weddings and Ever After’"" (2007) and ‘""New Life, An Anthology for Parenthood’"" (2009). Her other non-fiction anthology titles include ‘""A Celebration of Babies’"" (1986), ‘""The Kingfisher Nursery Treasury’"" (1988), Since 2003 she has also worked as a travel writer for the ""Sunday Times"" as well as contributing to other newspapers. Her six novels are being republished in 2017 by Quartet in its Rediscovered Classics series, with the dark love stories ""Fire Child"" and ""Heat"" coming out in March and the"
"major university presses. Among the fiction gold medalists was Elena Ferrante's ""The Story of the Lost Child"", originally published in Italy and issued in English by Europa. Previous winners in fiction categories include the small presses Milkweed, Coffee House, Graywolf, The Other Press, McPherson, Europa, and McSweeney's. IPPY Gold Medal winner ""Lord of Misrule"" also won the National Book Award and ""The Patience Stone"" also won France's Prix Goncourt for its French edition. David Eggers won a 2003 Outstanding Book of the Year for ""A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"". Margaret Atwood won in 2003 for ""Negotiating with the Dead:"
"the parents' marital status. Levy is President emeritus of CRC. He published ""Revolt of the Animals"", a fantasy novel, in 2010, and has completed a book entitled ""Child in the Middle,"" which, though unpublished, has been cited with Levy's permission by authors of other books, including a book by Dr. Ron Mincy of Columbia University, an authority on research affecting never-married parents and their children. Levy has completed another book, ""Viktor IV"" about a modern artist who lived on a houseboat in the Amstel River in Holland from 1961-86. Levy knew Viktor IV when they were both students at the"
"in the lead up to the Hunger Strike in Northern Ireland in 1981 and the assassinations of prison warders. Her third book, ""The Idea of Love"", released in 2008, discusses mental illness, the pharmaceutical business and the exploitation of Africa. Louise Dean (author) Louise Dean is a British novelist, author of four published works ""Becoming Strangers"", ""This Human Season""., ""The Idea of Love"" and ""The Old Romantic"". Dean was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize in 2004, long listed for the Man Booker Prize and the ""Guardian"" First Book prize and IMAP, winner of Le Prince Maurice prize in"
"Hotel du Lac Hotel du Lac is a 1984 Booker Prize-winning novel by English writer Anita Brookner. It centres on Edith Hope, a romance novelist who is staying in a hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva. There she meets other English visitors, including Mrs Pusey, Mrs Pusey's daughter Jennifer, and an attractive middle-aged man, Mr Neville. Edith reaches Hotel du Lac in a state of bewildered confusion at the turn of events in her life. After a secret and often lonely affair with a married man and an aborted marriage, she is banished by her friends. They advise her"
"winners are ""Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha"" by Roddy Doyle and ""The Gathering"" by Anne Enright. John Banville's ""The Sea"" won in 2005, though it proved a controversial choice. Banville has also won other international awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and has been mentioned as the next Irish contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. There has been a rise in the amount of popular fiction being published in a range of genres, including romantic novels and detective stories set in New York. The 21st-century has also brought an increased emphasis"
"for the formerly colonized and their descendants,"" as ""The New York Times"" noted: ""Though Levy writes specifically about black Jamaican Britons and their struggles to be acknowledged as full members of the larger society, her novel illuminates the general situation facing all children of postcolonial immigrants across the West, from the banlieue of France to the Islamic neighborhoods of New York to the Hispanic ghettos of Los Angeles."" Levy's fourth novel, ""Small Island"" (2004), put her in a new major literary league. As Mike Phillips wrote in ""The Guardian"": ""Small Island is a great read, delivering the sort of pleasure"
"Small Island (novel) Small Island is a 2004 prize-winning novel by British author Andrea Levy. It was adapted for television in two parts by the BBC in 2009, and is being adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson. The novel is based on four main characters: Hortense, Queenie, Gilbert and Bernard and the story is told from each of their points of view. Its main plot is set in 1948 and focuses on the diaspora of Jamaican immigrants, who, escaping economic hardship on their own ""small island,"" move to England, the Mother Country, for which the men have fought during"
"Lincoln Center"" (2014, Public Affairs). His fourth book, ""They Told Me Not To Take That Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics and the Transformation of Lincoln Center"", was a ""New York Times"" best seller. He has written extensively and spoken widely about philanthropy, the performing arts, humanitarian causes and issues, and the leadership and management of nonprofit institutions. Levy's alma mater, Hobart College, gave him its Alumni Medal of Excellence. The International Rescue Committee gave him its Freedom Award. Columbia University awarded Levy the Lawrence A. Wien Prize for Social Responsibility. Lincoln Center granted him its Laureate Award. Levy received the 2009"
"of Adventure"", a four-stage process every adventure goes through. In 2017, """" won 1st place for book design at the annual New York Book Show. Between 2014 and 2015, Levy was recognized as both one of “New York's Most Successful Bachelors” by Gotham Magazine and one of the “41 Most Eligible Bachelors"" in America by Elle Magazine. Jon Levy (behaviorist) Jonathan Levy is a behavior scientist, consultant, writer, keynote speaker and media personality best known for his work in the fields of influence and adventure. With the intention of bringing together exceptional people, Levy used his understanding of social interaction"
"its first book, Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos (translated by Rosalind Harvey), was chosen by the public to be one of the ten titles longlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award. It went on to make the shortlist and has also been shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Deborah Levy's ""Swimming Home"" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012, as well as UK Author of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2012 and the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2013. And Other Stories was nominated for and subsequently won Publisher of the Year in the"
"So I started to write The Sea in the third person. It was going to be very short, seventy pages or so, and solely about childhood holidays at the seaside—very bare. I worked on it for about eighteen months, but I couldn’t get it to work. And then, out of nowhere, the first-person narrative voice made itself heard again."" ""The Sea"" was completed in September 2004. The novel won the Man Booker Prize for 2005. The selection of ""The Sea"" for the Booker Prize was a satisfying victory for Banville, as his novel ""The Book of Evidence"" was shortlisted in"