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Kennedy performs as a stand-up comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe, comedy clubs and literary festivals. She is principally associated with The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh. In 2007, she won a Lannan Literary Award, was awarded an honorary DLitt degree from the University of Glasgow, and her novel of that year Day was named Costa Book of the Year in the Costa Book Awards.^[1] Richard Pryor hits the money line A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs in comedy clubs, usually reciting a fast paced succession of amusing stories, short jokes and one-liners, typically called a monologue. ... A street performer on the Royal Mile, with volunteer (2004). ... The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields. ... An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum, not to be confused with an honors degree) is an academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ... Master of Theology (MTh) Dentistry Nursing Affiliations Russell Group Universitas 21 Website http://www. ... The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ...

Works

Fiction

• Night Geometry & the Garscadden Trains (1990) ISBN 1-85799-066-8
• Looking for the Possible Dance (1993) ISBN 0-436-23321-5
• Now That You're Back (1994) ISBN 0-09-945711-3
• So I Am Glad (1995) ISBN 0-09-945721-0
• Tea and Biscuits (1996) ISBN 1-85799-757-3
• Original Bliss (1997) ISBN 0-224-04443-5
• Everything You Need (1999) ISBN 0-375-70747-6
• Indelible Acts (2002) ISBN 0-224-06259-X
• Paradise (2004) ISBN 1-4000-7945-4
• Day (April 5th, 2007) ISBN 978-0224077866

Non-fiction

• Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (1997) ISBN 0-85170-568-5
• On Bullfighting (1999) ISBN 0-224-06099-6

Screenwriting

• Stella Does Tricks (1997)
• Dice (2001), with John Burnside

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External links

• Author's official site
• "Comedy is my self-defence", The Guardian, August 7, 2006
• "You can call me AL", The Observer, 25 March 2007
• "Everybody knows I’m miserable now", The Times, 6 August 2006
• "Having a crack at comedy", The Scotsman, 23 July 2006
• A review of Day at Open Letters Monthly
• A. L. Kennedy at www.contemporarywriters.com

References

1. ^ "Perfect Day for AL Kennedy as she takes Costa book prize", The Guardian, 2008-01-23. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.