British Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words british, book and/or award:

    “When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum.”
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    ““Classic.” A book which people praise and don’t read.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)