Eleanor Catton took the 2013 Man Booker Prize for "The Luminaries" at an awards ceremony in London on Tuesday night.This post has been updated. Please see note at bottom for details. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2013 National Book Award finalists were announced on Wednesday, and for the first time, the National Book Foundation has offered a free ebook series with samples of the finalists' work.The 2013 National Book Award finalists were announced on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday, and for the first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton wrote an 832-page murder mystery set in Catton's homeland, New Zealand. This is the last year that the Man Booker Prize will be open only to writers from the former British Empire. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian author Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for literature. Here, her publisher and literary agency react to the news at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Merit trumped politics this year when modest, retiring, universally admired Canadian author Alice Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for being "master of the short story" by Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Nobel Prize in literature in 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro, who the Nobel committee called a "master of the contemporary short story." Last year, Slate book editor Dan Kois picked her for a prize and said her "work has evolved and grown in fascinating, boundary-shattering ways." The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Her Das Ungeheuer was honored as the year's best German-language novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Monday evening, the jury of the German Book Prize announced Terézia Mora as the 2013 winner for her novel, Das Ungeheuer. Mora will receive at 25,000 euro prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced, with all of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Awards in recent years has been working to raise its profile and increase books' cultural impact. Now it's taking another step toward extending its reach. The National Book Foundation, which administers the prizes, will announce Monday that the 2013 awards ceremony and benefit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will present the Man Booker Prize when the winner is announced on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard House's The Kills (Picador), Charlotte Mendelson's Almost English (Mantle), and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After discovering the winner of a debut novel prize was co-authored, Planeta is donating the prize money of million pesos (USD $76,800) to Mexico's flood victims. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet Alice Oswald has won the third £25,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. It is the first time... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has more than doubled its prize fund this year.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The prestigious UK writing prize will now be open to any works that are published in the UK and were written in English. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
On September 16, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, in its 20th year, released the longlist for this year’s prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Award for nonfiction longlist screams "USA, USA..." with 8 of the 10 titles covering American history, biography, cultural analysis, music, and religion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bodley Head and the Financial Times have launched their annual essay prize. The award will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]