By Dennis Abrams South African writer Anita Pouroulis, a former primary school teacher from Johannesburg, won the Best World Children’s Book Award at the China […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The autobiography from actor David Jason, schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai's story of being shot by the Taliban and David Walliams' latest children's book are winners at the Specsavers National Book Awards Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the week after Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature, sales of her books jumped 6,650% in Canada, and saw significant bumps around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Several top-selling titles were among the winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards, given by the Indian bookseller at the Times of India's Literary Carnival. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles from Simon and Schuster and Egmont/Jelly Pie have won the 2013 Roald Dahl Funny Prizes,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Literary Review has awarded its 21st annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award to Manil Suri for a scene in The City of Devi featuring a, err, stellar climax. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Folio Prize is to launch a two-day fiction festival in March just ahead of the announcement... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stoner by late US author John Williams, first published 48 years ago, wins the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books by Sainsbury’s is asking customers to vote for their ‘E-book of the Year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forty-eight years after it was first published, Stoner (Vintage Classics) by the late US author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Donal Ryan wins the 2013 Guardian First Book Award for his debut novel The Spinning Heart. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Donal Ryan’s The Spinning Heart (Doubleday Ireland) has tonight (28th November) been named... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Professor Stefan Buczacki has been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Garden... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A self-published title has been included in the shortlist for the CMI Management Book of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Awards suggest that books are where grown-ups go when they want to use all of their minds and hearts, says Salon's Laura Miller. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
James McBride won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel set during the Civil War, while George Packer picked up the non-fiction award for his examination of contemporary America. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As tonight's announcement approaches, buzz is building over such nominees as Lawrence Wright's 'Going Clear' and Thomas Pynchon's 'Bleeding Edge.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
McBride's The Good Lord Bird was a surprise winner of the prestigious award which honours works by US authors published over the past year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
James McBride won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Good Lord Bird." George Packer won the nonfiction award for "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America."James McBride won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for “The Good Lord Bird,” a satirical account of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frances Lincoln has launched a new prize for British nature and nature travel writing, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]