Spanish author Clara Sánchez has won the 2013 Planeta Prize for her novel El cielo ha vuelto, a book about the nature of our economic and political environment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The finalists for the 2013 National Book Award have been announced anI, for the first time, a free ebook series with samples of all the finalists' work is available for download. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to chair the judging panel for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 28-year-old novelist from New Zealand, the youngest ever to win the prize, addressed the critics who have approached her complex novel with trite assumptions about gender.Running on a mere 2½ hours of sleep and exactly 12 hours after winning the Man Booker Prize for her novel “The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The contenders for the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature prizes are now narrowed down to five. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-17 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 ]
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 ]
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton, at the age of just 28, has become the younger ever winner of the Man Booker Prize for her novel "The Luminaries." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]