Author Bill Bryson will chair the judging panel for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015. Bryson will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller is to launch the first ever prize for Young Adult books in the UK and Ireland.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The winner will be announced at a dinner ceremony on November 11 in London, and will receive £30,000, with each shortlisted author receiving £10,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK mountaineering literature publisher Vertebrate Publishing has three titles chosen as category... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Works that were nominated include 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson and 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' by Roz Chast for the nonfiction prize as well as 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr and 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel for the fiction award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The list of 10 finalists includes a previous National Book Award winner, two finalists for the award, two Pulitzer Prize winners, and two first time authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The founder of Canada's Scotiabank Giller Prize announced yesterday that the prize purse will double, to C$140,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber Children’s has acquired the rights to Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow, the winner of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among this year's nominees are the first cartoonist to be considered for the prize (Roz Chast), a Pulitzer Prize winner (Edward O. Wilson), and a Tony winner (John Lahr). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the poets on this year’s longlist are two former National Book Award Finalists and two former Poets Laureate of the United States. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning this year, the five winners of the National Poetry Series' Open Competition will receive a $10,000 prize, up from $1,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In addition to the American contenders Karen Joy Fowler for 'We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves' and Joshua Ferris of 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour,' other nominees include Richard Flanagan for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' and Ali Smith for 'How to Be Both.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Italian writer Claudio Magris (b. 1939) has been awarded the 2014 Prize in Romance Languages by the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Academy of American Poets has awarded Pulitzer Prize-winner and former poet laureate Robert Hass the 2014 Wallace Stevens Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlists have been announced with Floris Books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A novel inspired by the daily toil of a shepherdess and a biography of a Booker prize-winning author win the UK's oldest literary awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A children's book prize inspired by Matilda author Roald Dahl is put on hold for two years. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2014 Polari First Book Prize is continuing its tradition of supporting self-published titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Focusing on the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, WME literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes argues that book prizes are key to spotlighting talent for the global market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Wake,' by Paul Kingsnorth was reportedly published by the website Unbound, which funds the publishing of books through donations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]