Bryson and Atwood are bookmaker's favourites for Samuel Johnson and Orange awards.(Bill Bryson, Margaret Atwood)(Brief Article)

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Bookmaker William Hill is offering odds on the BBC 4 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and the Orange Prize for Fiction.

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