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Kapka Kassabova's "extraordinary" book Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe (Granta) has won the British Academy’s £25,000 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist and short story writer Benyamin has won the inaugural JCB prize for Literature in India. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is partnering with New Writing North (NWN) on a new prize for debut children’s writers who live and work in the North of England. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Orwell Foundation will next month launch a prize to celebrate novels or short stories that illuminate social and political themes through the art of narrative. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Waterstones bookseller is shortlisted for the V S Pritchett Short Story Prize, along with Early One Morning author Virginia Baily and short story writer Michelle Wright. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new literature award, the JCB Prize goes to the work of a Kerala author who writes about issues and personalities in the Middle East. His newest book is from Juggernaut. The post Author Benyamin’s ‘Jasmine Days’ Wins Inaugural JCB Prize for Literature in India appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An academic treatise on dung, a how-to guide of acupuncture for horses and the first-ever German language entry are among the six books in the running for the 40th edition of The Bookseller's Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer, broadcaster and antiques expert Jeremy Cooper has won the inaugural Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, worth £3,000, for his novel Ash Before Oak. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut collections by poets Zaffar Kunial, Fiona Moore, Phoebe Power, RIchard Scott and Hannah Sullivan all feature on the shortlist for this year's T S Eliot Prize (£25,000). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish writer to win the Man Booker Prize with her novel Milkman (Faber & Faber), a book about the sexual harassment of a young woman, commended by the judges for its “distinctive voice” and for being at once “particular and brilliantly universal”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 17th woman to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Anna Burns has won for 'Milkman,' set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Her publisher, Faber & Faber, becomes the second biggest winner of Man Booker titles. The post Northern Ireland’s Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for... Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Milkman,' which is published by Graywolf Press in the U.S., makes Burns the first Northern Irish writer to win the prize. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Indian writer and literary director of the JCB Prize for Literature explains how a prize backed by a construction giant is enhancing the prestige and commercial success of contemporary Indian literature. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The creation of the Women’s Prize for Fiction made it “embarrassing” for other prizes to have all-male shortlists, Golden Booker judge Kamila Shamsie has said, at a discussion event at the Frankfurt Book Fair. It also triggered a “shift” in the representation of women’s voices, she argued. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced a shortlist of five titles competing for this year's C$100,000 prize for the best Canadian novel or short story published in English. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Women’s Prize for Fiction has introduced a new £1,000 fee for publishers whose books make its longlist of 16. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rachel Cusk has been shortlisted for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for the third time in four years while Olivia Laing and Man Booker-shortlisted poet Robin Robertson have also been nominated. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liam McIlvanney has won the McIlvanney Prize 2018 for The Quaker (HarperCollins). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abir Mukherjee has won the 2018 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize (£15,000) with his second novel, A Necessary Evil (Vintage). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Ranging across space and time,' according to jury chair Kwame Anthony Appiah, the 2018 Man Booker Prize shortlist includes three authors from the UK, one from Canada, two from the United States. The post The Man Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2018 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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