Five authors are in the running for The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, after judges made the "rare exception" to increase the prize's usual shortlist from four to five in wake of the "incomparable strength" of this year’s list of submissions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Faber & Faber releases are among the expanded shortlist announced this weekend (October 29) for the Irish and UK author 35 or younger. The post The Sunday Times Prize Jury Names Five Young Writers to Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Council has been announced as the international partner of the Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with the University of Warwick. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury Press has acquired a "ground-breaking" study of depression by science writer Alex Riley at auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Each November for the past 18 years, thousands of writers have taken the National Novel Writing Month challenge, creating a 50,000-word novel draft in 30 days. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's authors played a pivotal role at the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association's Fall Discovery Show in San Francisco, sparking discussions on current events and diverse representation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attendance was at an all-time high for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Fall Discovery Show, which took place in Denver earlier this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Miami Book Fair welcomed an array of voices from the world of graphic books in 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The annual Vida count of authors across the world suggests about two-thirds of those published, and the critics who review them, are men – but their intersectionality survey is less conclusiveThe 2016 Vida count has been released and it demonstrates yet again that the media can’t seem to locate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Intisar Khanani has signed a two-book contract for her originally self-published YA fantasy, 'Thorn,' and a new companion novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Opening the prize to global competition has been good for its profile, good for US writers - and a problem for novelists here and from the CommonwealthTonight the five judges of the Man Booker prize will announce this year’s winner. It was also the votes of five judges that chose the winners at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lithuanian writer Kristina Sabaliauskaitė will be one the authors of the day in the London Book Fair 2018 Market Focus programme, which features the Baltic countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The politics and practicalities of children’s bookselling took center stage at the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association gathering in Cherry Hill, N.J., from October 6–8. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Iranian poet Mahvash Sabet has been announced as the 2017 International Writer of Courage and will share the PEN Pinter Prize with Irish writer Michael Longley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In what he calls the hardest book he’s ever written, religious studies scholar Reza Aslan is exploring the roots of the human conception of God, making a case for a less traditional view of the divine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last March, publishing platform Medium introduced its Partner Program, a Netflix-style subscription model that gave members exclusive pieces of writing, access to features before anyone else, an offline reading list and an ad-free experience. The pro... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Nine Continents' is Chinese author Xiaolu Guo’s resonant memoir about leaving her past Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Troubled publisher Freight Books has been accused of "rubbing salt in the wound" by sending an email to writers asking if they wanted to buy their own books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors David Walliams, David Nicholls and S J Watson are among those who have pledged money to crowdfund the publication of journalist Matt Cain’s book after it was rejected more than 30 times by traditional publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frankfurter Buchmesse's program on October 13 gives writers a chance to hear from leading international platforms and the Alliance of Independent Authors. The post Frankfurt’s International Independent Author Program: Updates, Guidance appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]