Fiction and Biography Award Shortlist

This Scottish literature award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize awards prizes to authors of "works of fiction and biographies...written in English, and first published or co-published in the United Kingdom during the calendar year of the awards". (Website)

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Fiction
Strangers by Anita Brookner
The Children’s Book by A.S Byatt
Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Selected Works of T.S Spivet by Reif Larsen
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Biography
Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies by John Carey
Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard
A Different Drummer: The Life of Kenneth MacMillan by Jann Parry
The English Opium Eater: A Biography of Thomas De Quincey by Robert Morrison

Cookbook Awards

Winners of the James Beard Foundation awards were announced Sunday, May 2, 2010 in New York City. Winners were:

Cookbook of the Year: The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews
American Cooking: Real Cajun by Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe
Baking and Dessert: Baking by James Peterson
Beverage: Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm Vinthology by Randall Grahm
Cooking from a Professional Point of View: The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts by The French Culinary Institute with Judith Choate
General Cooking: Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller
Healthy Focus: Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes by Anna Thomas
Photography: Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way, photographs by Santiago Solo Monllor
Reference and Scholarship: Encyclopedia of Pasta by Oretta Zanini de Vita, translated by Maureen B. Fant
Single Subject: Pasta Sfoglia by Ron Suhanosky and Colleen Suhanosky
Writing and Literature: Save the Deli by David Sax
Cookbook Hall of Fame: A Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden