Philip Hensher's Scenes from an Early Life (Fourth Estate) has won the £10,000 2013... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A pair of Eastern European authors — Laszlo Krasznahorki and Nichita Stanescu — take home the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
"The Rumor" by Anushka Ravinshankar and "Kids of Kabul" by Deborah Ellis have won the 2013 South Asia Book Awards for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
After winning the highest honor in the literary world, the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners have seen sales increases – but so far the numbers are pretty tiny. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anne Somerset’s biography Queen Anne has won the 2013 Elizabeth Longford Prize for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Mahy could be posthumously honoured this year with an award now named after her. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish indie publisher Sandstone Press has scored a nomination on the longlist for the Desmond... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A "daring" novel which explores the plight of foreign workers in Gulf countries has won... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kwani? Manuscript Project, a new one-off literary prize for unpublished fiction from African... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Raja Shehadeh is in the running to win the Orwell Prize for a second time, with Random... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel is in contention for yet another award, with Bring Up the Bodies (Fourth Estate) on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Pulitzer Prize for fiction has been won by author Adam Johnson for his novel based in North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]