'10/7: 100 Human Stories,' Lee Yaron's account of the October 7 attack on Israeli civilians, was named the Jewish Book Council's Book of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Barry Blitt, Jack Ohman, and Jen Sorensen discuss the promise and many perils of their chosen artform. Editorial cartoons and illustration are fairly niche topics—or so I once thought. On Jan. 3, cartoonist Ann Telnaes published Why I’m quitting the Washington Post on her Substack. It detailed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-01-21 11:00:00 UTC ]
Newly released longlists from the Zayed Award are in categories of translation, criticism, and 'contribution to nation building.' The post UAE: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Releases Three More Longlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-12-17 18:43:11 UTC ]
Sex and the City star says it is ‘the thrill of a life’ to be appointed to 2025 panel alongside Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ to pick year’s best novelHer Cosmopolitan-sipping, Manolo-wearing, wise-cracking Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City was a generation-defining star turn.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-14 14:00:18 UTC ]
The author's YA novel, 'Eat and Get Gas,' was selected from among hundreds of submissions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
'Tis the season for Best Books of the Year lists! Here are some of the picks for the best children's books of 2024, plus more kidlit news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
Joseph Earl Thomas won this year’s Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for his book God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer. Congratulations! The novel has made it onto several best-of-2024 lists, and has been praised as “a powerful examination of every day black life–of health and sex, race and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-11 16:36:55 UTC ]
Sex and the City star says being asked ‘felt very daunting’, as she signs up to pick the year’s best novel with Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Sarah Jessica Parker is on the judging panel of the 2025 Booker prize, it has been announced today.Though on the face of it, the American... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-10 11:48:06 UTC ]
The actress and publisher will help decide the 2025 winner of the prestigious British book award. It is “the thrill of a life,” she said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-10 09:13:22 UTC ]
Richard Adams Carey’s study of the caviar industry scores a narrow victory over How to Dungeon Master ParentingThe Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire has been crowned the winner of the Diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year.The book, by Richard Adams... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-09 14:29:45 UTC ]
The 19th Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces its new longlists in the categories of Literature, Young Author, Children’s Literature, and Editing of Arabic Manuscripts. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Four of 10 Categories s is the norm for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-12-07 02:13:52 UTC ]
In the narrowest win in the award’s history, the 2024 Bookseller’s Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year goes to The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire, a study of the mysterious and endangered fish, its eggs, and their significance by Richard Adams... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-06 17:29:25 UTC ]
Mazviita Chirimuuta’s work is hailed by the Al-Rodhan jury as not overlooking the true complexity of the brain. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘This Remarkably Original Book’ n a remarkably busy season of competition announcments, the United Kingdom’s Royal Institute of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-12-04 12:38:47 UTC ]
Announcing WLT’s 2024 Pushcart Prize Nominees, by Daniel Simon News and Events [email protected] Mon, 12/02/2024 - 14:06 Top row (left to right): Santiago Acosta, Chantha Nguon, Rina Garcia Chua. Bottom row: Erica N. Cardwell, Leila Guerriero,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-12-02 20:06:13 UTC ]
The annual award, given by Barcelona-based publisher Editorial Anagrama, was shared by two authors this year—Xita Rubert (l.) and Cynthia Rimsky—for only the second time in its history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Guadalajara Book Fair's 38th iteration features a new international illustration award, produced by Bologna Children's Book Fair. The post Guadalajara Book Fair Opens With New Bologna Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-12-01 19:20:14 UTC ]
More than 4,000 submissions were made to the 19th Sheikh Zayed Book Award, with longlists announced at the end of this year. The post UAE: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Draws 4,000+ Entries for 19th Edition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-21 22:04:17 UTC ]
USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-11-21 21:14:19 UTC ]
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-11-21 03:36:15 UTC ]
After a long ceremony and lots of wonderful speeches about books, presenting the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards: YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE: Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Kareem Between G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House * TRANSLATED LITERATURE: Yáng... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-11-21 02:57:44 UTC ]