Four American authors made the cut, including Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first Man Booker Prize longlist after opening to world English writers includes books by four Americans, six Britons, two Irish writers and one Australian. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The miniseries, based on the book by A. Scott Berg, will be written by Oscar-winning 'Milk' screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kenyan Okwiri Oduor has won the 15th Caine Prize for African Writing, often described as Africa’s leading literary award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet Owen Sheers wins Wales Book of the Year for his work about three young soldiers who are deployed to Afghanistan. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hard on the heels of his 2014 Kate Greenaway award, Jon Klassen has picked up a second UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the past 20 years, the number of prizes geared towards children’s books has trebled,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-formed Thing has won the £10,000 2014 Desmond Elliott... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to the National Book Foundation, the writer will be the first master of ceremonies to have published books in both the children's and adult fiction categories. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kevin Brooks' fictional diary of a kidnapped boy held hostage in a bunker wins 2014's Cilip Carnegie Medal as Jon Klassen's This is Not My Hat wins the Kate Greenaway Medal. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The award will be presented at a public event at the British Library on October 9, at which Rushdie will deliver an address. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK publishing industry’s first hackathon resulted in a host of fresh ideas in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salman Rushdie has been awarded the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize. The award will be presented... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two titles from The Bodley Head and a book by Stephen Hawking are on the longlist for the Royal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
At its annual awards ceremony, Children’s Books Ireland honored, among numerous others, Mary-Louise Fitzpatrick's "Hagwitch" as Book of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Century’s The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football’s True Talent Spotters has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
When poetry pays...U.S. poet Brenda Hillman and Canadian Anne Carson each receive $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles has partnered with the Green Carnation Prize for LGBT writers. The two-year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jaron Lanier will receive the 2014 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his writing and advocacy about 'the dangers involved when human beings are reduced to digital categories.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Eimear McBride wins the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction with A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, the debut novel she spent nine years trying to get published. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]