Kevin Barry's Beatlebone (Canongate) has been named the winner of the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize 2015 in recognition of “writing at its most novel”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A former US Marine wins the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing for his book of short stories dealing with American experiences of the Iraq War. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Iraq war veteran Phil Klay has been named the winner of the Warwick Prize for Writing 2015 for Redeployment, a short story collection dealing with the American experience of the Iraq War, published by Canongate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 58-year-old author won the country's most prestigious award for fiction, worth C$100,000, for his novel 'Fifteen Dogs.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
JK Rowling's pseudonym Robert Galbraith, Ian McEwan and BBC journalist Kirsty Wark make the longlist for the world's richest literary prize, the International Impac Dublin Literary Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian historian Susan Pedersen's The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire (Oxford University Press) has won the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Biographers' Club awarded prizes to Alan Cumming, Francesca Wade and John Julius Norwich at a dinner held at the National Liberal Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a tweet with the hashtag #PWbestbooks, tell us the title and author of your favorite 2015 book, and tell us why for a chance to win our top 10 books of 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the closure of the Roald Dahl Prize last month, Scholastic will introduce 'a new series of awards for funny children’s books in the UK.' The post Scholastic Takes Over After the End of the Roald Dahl Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Steve Silberman has been awarded the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently (Allen and Unwin). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The PR director from regional Victoria beat 975 writers to the $10,000 prize and a year’s mentorship to develop her manuscript to publicationAustralia’s newest literary award, the Richell prize for emerging writers, has been won by Sally Abbott for her manuscript, Closing Down.Abbott, a public... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A story about a bobsledding team in the 1932 Winter Olympics, three football titles, one cricket and one boxing book compete for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. The shortlist features debut book Speed Kings by Andy Bull (Bantam Press) – which marks the first book about... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
International Reporting, Criticism and Editorial Cartooning will be expanded to accept print and online magazine entries for the 2016 prizes. The post Pulitzer Prizes Open Three More Categories to Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
We take a look back at the winners from the past 10 years of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Rosen answers questions about the new Laugh Out Loud Book Prize (the Lollies). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martin Cathcart Froden’s unpublished debut novel Devil Take the Hindmost has been announced as the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize 2015. Cathcart Froden was awarded the £10,000 prize and a publishing deal with Freight Books at the Dundee Literary Festival today (21st October). He... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Navid Kermani, whose work explores Islam, the Middle East, and Christian-Muslim dialogue, was awarded the 2015 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The post Navid Kermani Receives Peace Prize from German Book Trade appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing is more sinned against than sinning. You won’t find it hard to find someone somewhere having a pop at the business of books, pointing out its failings while ignoring its successes. It comes with the territory: that shock of the new and frustration with the traditional. As journalist... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Jamaican-born writer took the Man Booker Prize for the first time, while some authors are in the running for the National Book Award in America. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following last night's announcement that Marlon James had won the Man Booker Prize for 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' Riverhead said it was going back to press for 75,000 copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]