Charles Moore's prize-winning biography of Margaret Thatcher has been longlisted for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A self-help guide to toilet etiquette, How to Poo on a Date, wins the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Diagram prize, honouring the year's strangest title, awarded to self-help guide to toilet etiquetteIn pictures: Thirty odd years of the Diagram prizePowered by the British public's unstoppable enthusiasm for toilet humour, the enticingly-titled How to Poo on a Date has carried off this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
How to Poo on a Date has won the 36th annual Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Historian and professor Allen C. Guelzo's winning book was "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber will publish the mass market paperback and ebook versions of Eimear McBride's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]