David Walliams’ Awful Auntie (HarperCollins Children’s) has been named Children’s Book of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards, making it the third time in a row the author has won the honour. The awards, presented today (26th November) at a ceremony at the Foreign Office in London... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Colin Barrett wins the Guardian First Book Award for his debut collection of short stories, Young Skins. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Neel Mukherjee is among the judges for the 2015 Caine Prize, given to the best African short story written in English. Mukherjee joins a panel chaired by South African author Zoë Wicomb, journalist Zeinab Badawi, the University of Georgetown's Cóilín Parsons... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eimear McBride has claimed another award for her debut novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Galley Beggar Press), winning the 2013 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. The book, written in a stream-of-consciousness style, is narrated by a young woman growing up in Ireland under the dark influence of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jacqueline Woodson won the young people's literature prize for her book 'Brown Girl Dreaming,' while Louise Glück was the recipient of the poetry award for her work 'Faithful and Virtuous Night.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a passionate speech, writer takes aim at publishers who put profit before artUrsula Le Guin cries freedom as she is honoured for contribution to literatureTo the givers of this beautiful reward, my thanks, from the heart. My family, my agents, my editors, know that my being here is their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 65th National Book Awards took place in frigid New York last night (19th November), but the literary establishment donned finery and dinner jackets to the Wall Street venue undaunted by the cold. Perseus c.e.o. David Steinberger noted that this was “the largest crowd” he had addressed in his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 65th annual National Book Awards were held on November 19 at Cipriani Wall Street, in a ceremony emceed by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
On November 19, five children's and YA authors headed to Cipriani Wall Street for the 65th National Book Awards. Our photographer caught up with the authors (and their editors) who were nominated in the Young People's Literature category, and also captured the winner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Short story collection about soldiers struggling in cope with chaos of Iraq war takes top US literary prize, with Ursula K Le Guin honored for lifetime contribution• Redeployment by Phil Klay review – incendiary stories of warA US marines veteran, Phil Klay, has taken home America’s most... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social purpose is one of the key themes behind the shortlist for the Management Book of the Year Prize. Presented for the past five years by the Chartered Management Institute and the British Library, and supported by the Henley Business School, the £5,000 prize is given to the best book on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan’s UK and US divisions both won best picture book awards today (19th December) at the Chen Bochui International Children’s Awards in Shanghai, China. The awards took place on the eve of the Shanghai Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) 2014. It is the first year publishers outside China have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2014 National Book Awards were presented Wednesday evening at a ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A memoir about brain surgery is among 20 books shortlisted for this year's Costa Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing by Clive Gifford (Ivy) has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2014. The book, written with consultant Anil Seth and which was described by the judging panel as “both fascinating and fun”, explains how the science of optical illusions... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Ali Smith has won the Goldsmiths Prize, awarded for "boldly original" fiction. Smith won the £10,000 award, now in its second year, for How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton), the two-part novel which lost out to Richard Flanagan on the shortlist for this year's Man Booker. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book about the history of Scottish towns has won £10,000 after being named Saltire Book of the Year. The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment 1740-1820 (Edinburgh University Press), written by historians Bob Harris and Charles McKean of Dundee University, was awarded the top prize at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Dark Wild' by Piers Torday has won the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, announced Thursday evening in London. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Ali Smith has won the Goldsmiths Prize, awarded for "boldly original" fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scientist and broadcaster Professor Mark Miodownik has won the £25,000 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books with Stuff Matters (Viking). Miodownik was announced as the winner at a ceremony held at the Royal Society last night (10th November), hosted by anatomist and broadcaster... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]