The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books. [edit] Events - September 9 - Barnes & Noble, the largest American bookseller, announces that it will no longer sell downloadable electronic texts sometimes called ebooks.
[edit] New books [edit] New drama [edit] Poetry [edit] Non-fiction [edit] Births [edit] Deaths - February 16 - Aleksandar Tišma, Serb novelist
- February 26 - Quentin Keynes, bibliophile
- March 11 - Brian Cleeve, writer and broadcaster
- September 3 - Alan Dugan, poet
- March 12 - Howard Fast, American novelist
- April 7 - Cecile de Brunhoff, children's author
- June 21 - George Axelrod, dramatist and screenwriter
- July 10 - Winston Graham, novelist
- July 16 - Carol Shields, novelist
- November 9 - Binod Bihari Verma, Maithili littérateur
- December 2 - Alan Davidson, food writer
[edit] Awards [edit] Australia [edit] Canada [edit] United Kingdom - Cholmondeley Award: Ciaran Carson, Michael Donaghy, Lavinia Greenlaw, Jackie Kay
- Eric Gregory Award: Jen Hadfield, Zoe Brigley, Paul Batchelor, Olivia Cole, Sasha Dugdale, Anna Woodford
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Janet Browne, Charles Darwin: Volume 2 - The Power of Place
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Andrew O'Hagan, Personality
- Man Booker Prize: D.B.C. Pierre, Vernon God Little
- Orange Prize for Fiction: Valerie Martin, Property
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: U. A. Fanthorpe
- Whitbread Book of The Year Award: Mark Haddon for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel
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