The £10,000 Commonwealth Book Prize will no longer be awarded. The organisation responsible... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor include Shalom Auslander for his darkly funny novel "Hope, A Tragedy."The finalists for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor include Shalom Auslander for his darkly funny novel "Hope, A Tragedy." But all is not grim: The other... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2013 longlist of fiction for the Man Booker Prize will surprise and intrigue in equal measure. The shortlist will be announced in September and the winner on October 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
While some books on this year's Man Booker prize long list have gotten buzz here in the US, none of them compare (so far) with the success of last year's winner, Hilary Mantel's 'Bring Up the Bodies.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Dave Shelton and editor David Fickling win this year's Branford Boase Award, with Shelton's illustrated tale A Boy and a Bear in a Boat. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ros Barber's The Marlowe Papers, a novel written entirely in verse, wins the annual Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has announced the shortlist for the 2013 PEN/Ackerley Prize for Memoir, given each... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sally Gardner has won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for "Maggot Moon;" Levi Pinfold won the Kate Greenaway Medal, which awards excellence in illustration, for his picture book "Black Dog." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shakespeare & Co.'s Paris Literary Prize honors novellas written in English by an unpublished author. Judge Rebecca Carter reports on this year's festivities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest longlist for the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing (£25,000) has pitted... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sally Gardner, a dyslexic author once branded "unteachable" at school, wins the prestigious Carnegie Medal for her book Maggot Moon. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new book award has been founded in the US to reward military history titles. The Guggenheim-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Icon Books has won the Times Sports Book of the Year Award with Steven Reid... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Granta is reprinting 60,000 copies of A M Homes' May We Be Forgiven after it scooped the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American novelist A M Homes has won the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction for her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are so many things wrong with the new book The MILF Diet by former Whole Foods chef Jessica Porter it's difficult to know where to begin. But its name is probably the most glaring so let's dive in there. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Baileys has become the new sponsor for the Women's Prize for Fiction, with the cream liqueur... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Commonwealth Book Prize has been won by UK debut author Lisa O'Donnell, while the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jack Vance, prolific author of science fiction, mystery and epic fantasy, died Sunday at 96, his son John told the Associated Press. He had written more than 60 books during his long life.Jack Vance, prolific author of science fiction, mystery and epic fantasy, died Sunday at 96, his son John... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former People by Douglas Smith, published by Macmillan, has won the inaugural £5,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]