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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]