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The Wedding Diary

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Prolific writer, journalist and teacher Margaret James 's latest novel The Wedding Diary has become a huge hit since its publication last year - and now it's been shortlisted in the 2014 Romantic Novelists Association Awards. The winners will be announced on 17th March at a ceremony in London hosted by Darcey Bussell. Good luck, Margaret! Check out the full shortlists here .

Competition success

The Harry Bowling Prize is awarded every two years by Headline Publishing and the MBA literary agency. Previous years have seen success for Exeter Writers Sophie Duffy (runner-up in 2008) and Cathie Hartigan (longlisted in 2010). This year it’s the turn of Daniel Knibb, who has been shortlisted in both novel and – new for this year – flash fiction categories. The winners will be announced in March at harrybowlingprize.co.uk . Dan and his fellow Exeter Writers Su Bristow and Gill Barr have been longlisted for the exciting new Exeter Novel Prize , judged by the literary agent Broo Doherty. Keep an eye out for the shortlist, which will be published this Friday.