Faber has achieved three shortlistings for this year’s 10th Waterstones Children’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
North Americans dominate the eight books vying for this year’s inaugural £40,000 Folio book prize from the UK, which is open to all English-language titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Iraqi novelists, two Moroccans, one Syrian author and one Egyptian author have been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
British novelist Jane Gardam and Irish writer Eimear McBride are on the shortlist for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for the second annual Cartoonist Studio Prize. The winner in each of our two categories will be announced March 7; each winner will receive $1,000 and, of course, eternal glory. The shortlists were... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
At this year's annual meeting, the American Library Association (ALA) will confer the first annual Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Pulitzer Prize-winners and a Man Booker-shortlisted author are among the 16 people longlisted... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookslut is launching the Daphnes, a new award to celebrate the best books of years past and rightfully honor overlooked contenders for prizes, starting with 1963. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Debut novelist Nathan Filer wins the Costa Book of the Year with The Shock of the Fall, his debut novel about loss, guilt and mental illness. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
First-time novelist Nathan Filer has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award for his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Geoff Dyer will be one of the judges of the Goldsmiths Prize 2014, the second year of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Korean literary agent Joseph Leo of KL Management says, 'Before asking why Korean authors fail to win the [Nobel], I want to ask them how many books you read a year.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014 has been given to Cyrus Mistry for his novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The works of two British authors, Roger Knight and Richard Overy, have been recognised on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sinéad Morrissey has won the TS Eliot Prize for her collection, Parallax (Carcanet),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five top UK authors, including Kate Atkinson and Lucy Hughes-Hallet, are in competition for the Costa Book of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Kate Atkinson and poet Michael Symmons Roberts become double winners at the Costa Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane beats fellow National Book Award winners in a public vote to find 2013's book of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Headline) has been voted Specsavers Book of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller's consumer sister site We Love This Book is inviting book-lovers to test their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]