Arts Council England (ACE) has partnered with groups across the country to launch the Green Libraries programme to help libraries address their environmental impact. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-27 00:42:39 UTC ]
The final 2021 report from the Association of American Publishers shows December up 2.8 percent over December 2020, at US$1.1 billion. The post AAP StatShot: The United States’ Publishing Industry Gained 12.2 Percent in 2021 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-01-26 16:01:07 UTC ]
The 2022 edition of the Madrid-based Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction offers a long-form manuscript consultation and more. The post Based in Spain, Desperate Literature Opens Its 2022 Prize Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-01-26 14:38:51 UTC ]
The 16-strong longlist of books contending for the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), has been revealed, featuring nine countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-26 14:09:35 UTC ]
A Life With Footnotes, by the late author’s former assistant and friend, has been authorised by Pratchett’s estate and is due to be released in SeptemberRob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett’s former assistant and friend, is writing the official biography of the late Discworld author, which will move... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-26 11:21:41 UTC ]
Books owned by The Snow Goose author up for sale this week include Ian Fleming first editions inscribed for his former colleagueA first edition of Diamonds Are Forever, in which Ian Fleming thanks his friend and fellow author Paul Gallico for “spread[ing] his wings over my first-born [Casino... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-26 10:27:30 UTC ]
A late baby-boomer, I spent my tweens and adolescence in the 1970s under the Tolkien-woven spell of heroic fantasy, immersed in the imagined worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy (1968-72), Patricia A. McKillip’s Riddlemaster trilogy (1976-79), and Evangeline Walton’s Welsh-myth-remix... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-01-26 09:55:39 UTC ]
Campaigns for titles by Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally Rooney and Dave Grohl are among those shortlisted for this year's Publishers Publicity Circle (PPC) Awards, which celebrate the best campaigns carried out by publicists in 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-26 08:44:27 UTC ]
Broadway actor Kristin Chenoweth explores the joys of adoption, showing kindness, and sharing love in her debut book for kids, 'What Will I Do With My Love Today?' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
65 authors and translators are nominated across 11 awards. Winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony on February 28. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
United States Artists, a Chicago-based arts funding organization, announced that six writers are included in this year's slate of 63 USA Fellows, each of whom is receiving an unrestricted $50,000 award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
The UK’s most valuable award of its kind, the Wolfson History Prize, will celebrate its 50th anniversary by boosting its prize money this year to £50,000 for the winner, with each shortlisted author taking home £5,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-26 03:03:17 UTC ]
In an overcrowded market with the proliferation of streaming platforms alongside the traditional broadcaster, creating content based on previous IP is an ever-growing trend (see today’s news piece on Netflix). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-26 02:33:21 UTC ]
The Octopus Publishing Group has changed its logo following its 50th anniversary and revealed 2021 as its biggest Total Consumer Market year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-25 23:18:04 UTC ]
Trapeze has signed Nihal Arthanayake’s "game-changing" Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations following a four-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-25 22:13:43 UTC ]
5 things to know about Stephanie Land and "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-25 21:00:21 UTC ]
Virago has appointed Clare Gordon from Head of Zeus as senior editor to cover publisher Sarah Savitt’s maternity leave. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-25 19:04:23 UTC ]
Daily Mail remains a Boris Johnson backer but same cannot be said of its sister outletA full list of alleged partiesWhat were the rules in June 2020?Coronavirus – latest global updatesThe print edition of the Daily Mail has remained one of Boris Johnson’s strongest backers in the media, even as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-25 18:46:31 UTC ]
Winners of an array of children’s literature awards reflect a diversity of perspectives and topics. “The Last Cuentista,” a tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth’s history, won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-01-25 18:02:43 UTC ]
This week we’re celebrating the 160th birthday of Edith Wharton—novelist, short story writer, and the first woman to win a Pulitzer prize. But as it turns out, the 1921 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction wasn’t initially meant to go to Wharton—the jury wanted to give the honor to Sinclair Lewis, but they... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-01-25 17:30:38 UTC ]