At the BBC Sarah Dunant offers yet another commentary on the proliferation literary prizes, in A Point Of View: And prizes for all.
She notes that in the UK:
She notes that in the UK:
At last count there are between 40 and 50 annual book awards, some fiction, some non-fiction. There are prizes for first novels, prizes for writers under 35, under 30, prizes for crime, for romance, for novels set in history, for ones with a sense of place, one specifically for a novel set in or inspired by East Anglia. Prizes open only to Scottish writers, to Welsh ones, to Christians and most recently to gay men.