A biography of a musical hall act has beaten an academic treatise on the human posterior in the closest race ever for The Bookseller’s Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Screenwriter David Solomons has won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016 with his debut book, about an 11-year-old boy obsessed with comics Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cathy Rentzenbrink and Stephen Silberman are among six shortlisted authors for the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize, awarded annually to the best new work of fiction or non-fiction whose central theme "engages with some aspect of medicine, health or illness". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers Bloomsbury Children’s and David Fickling Books are leading the shortlist for this year’s Bookseller’s YA Book Prize, run in association with book printer Clays. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Lionel Shriver has said literary prizes just for women are "problematic", while calling International Women's Day "creepy" at an event to mark the occasion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Echoing a famous Woody Allen line, a French literary prize jumps right past the opening of the book and over to page 112 in a bid to find the best work. The post Prize Pivot: France’s ‘Judge it on Page 112’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The longlist for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 has been revealed, including two Nobel Prize winners, two previous finalists and two debut authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s Books Ireland has revealed the shortlist for the 2016 Book of the Year Award, with Oliver Jeffers, John Boyne and Louise O’Neill all in the running. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/baileys-renews-women-s-prize-fiction-sponsorship-323395Kate Atkinson and Hanya Yanagihara are among the 20 longlisted authors for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, announced today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Syrian author Samar Yazbek has made the Orwell Prize longlist for The Crossing, which tells of the journalist’s attempts to get back into her country after being exiled by president Bashar al-Assad. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patricia Grace and Witi Ihimaera are among the finalists in the significantly re-jigged national book awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Wellington author's first book has earned him a place in the finals of the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, as the revamped book awards return after a year's hiatus. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mary Beard and James Shapiro are among the authors who have made the English PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK writer Tessa Hadley has won a Windham-Campbell Prize, worth $150,000 (£107,000). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon Puttock, Ross MacKenzie and Danny Weston have been revealed as the winners of the 2016 Scottish Children’s Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sacks was recognized for his work and writings that emphasize a respect for all faiths and defend the compatibility of religion and science. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Baileys has confirmed sponsorship for 2017 for the Women's Prize for Fiction following an initial three-year partnership. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Submissions now are open for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize, for debut books that explore the LGBT experience in poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction. The post Submissions Open for the UK’s Polari First Book Prize 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
'It is astonishing what you can do to women's bodies on a page," says author LS Hilton, cutting an imposing figure with her steely blue eyes, thick cream McQueen jumper and tight blonde ponytail. "You can torture them and flay them - but you can't let a woman actually enjoy her own body. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A photographic study of Soviet bus stops and a craft manual for flexible children go head to head with a cultural history of the anus on the shortlist for the 38th Diagram prizeDiagram prize: oddest book title shortlist gets behind cultural history of the anus Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]