George Saunders has been announced as the winner of The Folio Prize 2014 for Tenth of December (Bloomsbury), sponsored by The Folio Society. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomas King's "subversive, hilarious, enraging" re-examination of Canada's history with aboriginal people wins $25,000 non-fiction prize Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
US writer George Saunders has won the inaugural Folio Prize for his short story collection Tenth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood, Donna Tartt and Booker winner Eleanor Catton are among the novelists longlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker shortlisted Jim Crace is one of eight recipients of this year’s $150,000 Windham... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six debut novelists will compete against writers at the “top of their form” on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weird World of Wonders: World War II wins Tony Robinson a Blue Peter Book Award, as World Book Day organisers reveal the top 50 life-changing teen reads. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The books on the shortlist for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2014 cover a wide range of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author and TV presenter Tony Robinson has won his second Blue Peter book award, for Weird World... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author's "Tenth of December" was fittingly the tenth winner of the short fiction award, which came with a $20,000 prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Scholastic, Bloomsbury and Kelpies have won prizes at the 2013 Scottish... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Oscars 2014 ceremony saw the movie '12 Years a Slave,' based on the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, score big by winning the Best Picture prize. The Oscars 2014 awards were held on March 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrating great writing by women and taking it to a wider audience than ever before are the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, is one of six writers included on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominees for the 34th annual L.A. Times Book Prizes have been announced and include five finalists for the graphic novel prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Working class cats, South African trouts and pies as biography are all some of the topics up for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fifty titles in 10 categories are in contention for the awards, which will be revealed in April. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anthony Marra and David Finkel were the winners of the inaugural prize, established in Cohen's memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Michael Blakemore, Michael Simkins and Philip Zeigler are all contenders for the 2014... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominations for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize include journalist Dawn O'Porter's teen novel Paper Aeroplanes and books by an actress, a performance poet and a screenwriter. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]