Out of 156 original submissions, the seven-member jury led by Christoph Schröder chose six novels for the prestigious German Book Prize shortlist. The post 2016 German Book Prize Shortlist Highlights Six New Novels appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vahni Capildeo has won the 25th Forward Prize for Best Collection, bagging £15,000 award for her work Measure of Expatriation (Carcanet). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrea Wulf has been named the 29th winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize for her biography of Alexander von Humboldt, The Invention of Nature (John Murray), about an explorer, naturalist and foreign member of the Royal Society. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kirkus Prizes, which at $50,000 each are among the most lucrative literary prizes in the country, announced their finalists Tuesday morning. The awards, sponsored by the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews, are given in three categories: fiction, nonfiction and young readers' literature.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
While the award aims for ever greater inclusivity, one of the newer rules closes the competition to some of the very best writing in EnglishMan Booker 2016 shortlist announced: UK, Canadian and US authors dominateIn 2013, back when I was working for independent Dublin publisher The Lilliput... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Get a taster of this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist with extracts from each of the six books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chris Brookmyre has won the £1,000 McIlvanney Prize, previously known as the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, presented at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Man Booker Prize shortlist of six titles is out today (September 13). In October, Frankfurt Book Fair will have three events in recognition of the prize's international influence. The post UK’s Man Booker Prize Shortlist of Six Titles Is Announced appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six days before the announcement of the winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Frankfurt Book Fair will have three events in recognition of its international influence. The post The Man Booker Prize Gets a Triple Highlight at Frankfurt Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A wide array of poetry and prose, in English and Filipino and other languages, goes into competition in The Philippines' awards program, which comprises work in multiple languages. The post The Philippines’ National Book Awards Longlist Is Out appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 12-strong shortlist for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards 2016 has been unveiled, with a strong presence from larger publishers Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Penguin Random House. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is now accepting submissions for its inaugural prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrator Nicholas John Frith has won the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting newcomer in children’s picture book illustration. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has taken over the administration of The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction from charity BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles published by Barrington Stoke, Hot Key Books and Birlinn are on the shortlist for the first Scottish Teenage Book Prize, organised by Scottish Book Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime writers Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre have been shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, alongside Doug Johnstone and E S Thomson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
First-time children’s novelist Elizabeth Ezra has won this year’s Kelpies Prize for new Scottish writing for children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Of an initial 156 books, the jury in the 25,000-euro German Book Prize has selected 20 titles 'linguistically diverse' titles for the longlist. The post German Book Prize Announces a 20-Title Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Murray is taking three of its "most exciting and lauded" debut writers, Andrew Michael Hurley, Lisa McInerney and Jessie Greengrass, on a nationwide tour of Waterstones bookshops in Bath, Liverpool and London this September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Co-founder of Oneworld, Juliet Mabey, and authors A L Kennedy and Irenosen Okojie, have been selected to judge literature development organisation Spread the Word's London Short Story Prize 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]