Ten fiction titles and six poetry collections finalists have been announced as the finalists for this year's Best Translated Book Awards. The winners will be revealed May 3rd. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles from Frances Lincoln, Templar, Walker and Random House UK have been shortlisted for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Transworld), longlisted for the Man Booker... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Viking title Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Argentine illustrator known as “Isol” has won the world’s largest award for children’s literature, the SEK 5m (roughly $766,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Argentinean illustrator Isol has won the world's largest prize for children's literature, the 5m Swedish kroner (£500,000) Astrid Lindgren memorial award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats has won the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize. The $15,000 (£9,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annabel Pitcher's Ketchup Clouds is named winner of this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A publication named Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop is named as the winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop has been named as the winner of Diagram Prize for Oddest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annabel Pitcher was named a "genuine literary star" this evening as she won the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anyone who thinks women's writing is all about sex and vampires should take a closer look. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie publishers dominate the shortlist for the £2,500 New Angle Prize, which rewards books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Malaysia's Tan Twan Eng won Asia’s most prestigious literary prize with The Garden of Evening Mists. The prize, in its 6th year, is changing the perception of Asian literature say authors, publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Folio Society is unveiled as the sponsor of new £40,000 literary award which will hand out its first accolade in 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Folio Society will sponsor the newly named Folio Prize, a literature award of £40,000 to honor the best English-language fiction published in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booker prize winner, Hilary Mantel, could be the first person to win all three major book prizes after being nominated for the Woman's Prize For Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Folio Society has been announced as sponsor of the Literature Prize, the new award co-founded... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly as the Orange Prize, which released its longlist today. Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Multiple prize-winner Hilary Mantel is also in the running for this year's Women's Prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]