Naomi Klein is the first Warwick Prize for Writing winner

Out of the short-list of 6 books mentioned in my previous post, Naomi Klien has won the inaugural Warwick Prize for Writing for her book 'The Shock Doctrine'.

Warwick Prize for Writing shortlist announced

The £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing today announced its first ever shortlist. It comprises six international titles from different generes.

Here's the shortlist:

1. Lisa Appignanesi for Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800, Virago
2. Francisco Goldman for The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi?, Atlantic Books
3. Stuart A Kauffman for Reinventing the Sacred, Perseus - Basic Books
4. Naomi Klein for The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Penguin
5. Alex Ross for The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, 4th Estate
6. Enrique Vila-Matas (translator: Jonathan Dunne) for Montano's Malady, New Directions*

The inaugural prize is run and entirely funded by the University of Warwick. I am proud to have been involved in the initial judging panels.

Transformers sequel

Just found out that the sequel to the Transformers movie is coming soon.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is due to hit the screens on 26th June of this year.

Ozzy Osbourne with Slash performing In My Life

Ozzy remains one of my all time favourite rockers. Though you may find it hard to understand when he speaks, everything seems crystal clear when he sings.

This is one ballad you might like as well:

Listen to Lily Allen’s new album

Some good news for all Lily Allen fans out there. You can now listen to Lily Allen’s new album ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You' in full and for an entire week before anyone else exclusively on Lily's Myspace site.