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First Book Award Winner Announced: Argentinian Writer Selva Almada
Mon 04 November 2019

We are delighted to announce that Argentinian writer Selva Almada has won the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s 2019 First Book Award with her debut novel, The Wind That Lays Waste…

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