YA author Kathryn Evans has won the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award for her début novel, More of Me (Usborne). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paul Beatty's book 'Sellout' tells the story of an African-American who attempts to bring back segregation and slavery. The novel had previously won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry, Eimear McBride and Emma Donoghue are all shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Concerning to some UK observers of the Man Booker Prize: a US author has won the prestigious literary award: Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' is widely hailed. The post Paul Beatty is the First American to Win the Man Booker Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout, is the first American winner of the Man Booker Prize in its 48-year history, giving Oneworld its second consecutive win of the award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paul Beatty has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 'The Sellout,' making him the first American author to win the award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booker bounce is what every publisher dreams of, yet the upfront spend can be considerable. Roger Tagholm investigates how indies balance costs against sales potential. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Frankfurt Book Fair’s press officers report a slight increase in trade-visitor attendance this year, the German trade gives Carolin Emcke its 2016 peace prize. A reminder here that many more articles of this kind bring to light various moments and programs at the just-ended Frankfurt Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Folio Prize is planned to return in 2017, with its remit extended to include non-fiction for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irvine Welsh and James Kelman are among the authors shortlisted in this year's Saltire Literary Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 40 companies, individuals and products have been shortlisted across eight different categories at this year's FutureBook Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Half of the authors shortlisted for the 2016 T S Eliot Prize are published by Picador. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Print and online magazines are now eligible for Pulitzer Prizes in all journalism categories. The Pulitzer Prize Board announced Wednesday that entries of work done in 2016 will be accepted... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The jury has decided: Bodo Kirchhoff wins the 2016 German Book Prize for his novel 'Encounter' ('Widerfahrnis') about two travelers in Italy. The post Bodo Kirchhoff Wins the German Book Prize 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Svetlana Alexievich, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, is on the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bangladeshi publisher, writer and editor Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (known as Tutul) has been named 2016 International Writer of Courage by Margaret Atwood. Chowdhury accepted the prize in person this evening (13th October) at the British Library during a ceremony held to celebrate Atwood's PEN... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Internet proved predictably opinionated upon learning that Bob Dylan had been chosen as the 2016 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Songwriter and lyricist Bob Dylan was named the 109th laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature on October 13, for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Impress Books has awarded Magdalena McGuire the Impress Prize for New Writers 2016 for her novel, The Shape of Your Song. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]