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 ]
So what about that National Book Awards fiction longlist? It's a good one, and the last of the four longlists to be released by the National Book Foundation this week.So what about that National Book Awards fiction longlist? It’s a good one, and the last of the four longlists to be released by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A pair of best-selling works by staff writers for The New Yorker, Lawrence Wright's "Going Clear" and George Packer's "The Unwinding," were among 10 books chosen for the nonfiction long-list of the National Book Awards.Besides Mr. Wright's investigation of Scientology and Packer's bleak account... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 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 ]
The Man Booker Prize has extended its criteria and will from next year accept any novels... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
News reports are saying American authors will be considered for the prestigious UK literary prize next year, while the Booker Prize organizers say these stories are 'incomplete' but haven't discounted the possibility. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kate DiCamillo and David Levithan were among the 10 authors who made the first-ever long-list of finalists for the National Book Awards, part of a new nominating process that prize organizers hope will lead to increased attention and sales.Ms. DiCamillo and Mr. Levithan were nominees in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nine of the ten poets on the longlist are receiving their first recognition from the National Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Awards is announcing expanded lists of ten finalists for four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday.The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]