Julian Barnes was president of the jury for this year's Prix du Livre Européen -- the European Book prize -- and in The Guardian he writes about Judging the European Book prize for 2011.
I agree with his (personal) complaint "that fiction wasn't represented at all strongly enough", but it's an interesting prize-concept.
I agree with his (personal) complaint "that fiction wasn't represented at all strongly enough", but it's an interesting prize-concept.