Schoolchildren from across the country have chosen Tom Gates: Genius Ideas, Mostly by Liz Pichon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom McCarthy and James Salter are among the winners of the inaugural Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes. Tom McCarthy and James Salter are among the winners of the inaugural Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes, announced Monday at Yale University's Beinecke Rare... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two books about the events of Bloody Sunday have been made joint winners of the Christopher Ewart... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Critics Circle Awards were awarded on Thursday. Among the winners was Ben Fountain's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" for fiction, a book we tipped for prizes in the middle of last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actor and writer Rupert Everett has won the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography with his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller magazine will be giving out the award for the thirty-fifth year in a row, with competitors including 'Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop' and 'How To Sharpen Pencils.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning. Two authors -- Margaret Atwood and Kevin Starr -- will also receive special recognition. This post has been updated; see below for details. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children's Books, Egmont and Little Tiger Press have each picked up two... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The writer of US comedy Beavis and Butt-head is among 18 authors shortlisted for this year's Waterstones children's book prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
One collection of short stories and four novels—including Jeet Thayyil’s Narcopolis, winner of the DSC Prize—have been shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The very funny Dave Barry joined us for a video chat from his home in Florida. During our conversation, he turned his laptop so that we could see his pool and his writing desk, where he once found a snake sitting on his can of Diet Coke. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Day Parliament Burned Down has been named political book of the year at the Political Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for the first Cartoonist Studio Prizes. The winner in each of our two categories will be announced on March 1; each winner will receive $1,000 and, of course, eternal glory. The shortlists were selected... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize 2013 is calling for entries. The winner of the biennial prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Suzy Lucas is to be prize administrator for the newly established Literature Prize.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hillary Mantel wins another book prize—the Costa this time—and the backlash has begun, raising the question: should book prize juries spread the love a little more? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel has won the Costa Book of the Year for her Man Booker-winning novel Bring Up the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel wins the prestigious literary prize the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Bring Up the Bodies. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Curtis Brown has teamed up with Kobo to launch a short story competition, to be judged by author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
To mark its 50th anniversary the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, will award six new prizes for publishers at the "forefront of innovation" and "creative editorial choices." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]