Man Booker Prize director Ion Trewin has said the award has discussed changing its entry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A history of Judaism, a biography of Margaret Thatcher and a book about the importance of bees are all nominated for this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Plenty of people have predictions about who will win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Care to place a bet? Ladbrokes announces its odds on which author will win. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The late New York Times Reporter Anthony Shadid, who died in Syria last year, is among the winners of the 2013 Arab American Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A novel inspired by a seaport in the Scottish Highlands and a biography of a renowned potter scoop the UK's oldest literary awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vintage imprint Chatto & Windus has scored three nominations for the Guardian First Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-23 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 £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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]