Ten finalists were chosen as finalists from among 150 submitted for the Man Booker Prize International Prize for fiction. The shortlist was revealed at India’s Jaipur Literary Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indian writer Jeet Thayil has won the third DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, worth $50,000,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salley Vickers and Chiome Okereke are among the authors shortlisted for the Costa Short Story... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quadrille has partnered with the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition to offer an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new £10,000 literary prize rewarding original fiction has been launched by Goldsmiths,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Awards are getting a rewrite.New rules announced Tuesday include a "long list" of 10 nominees to be offered for each of the four competitive categories before being narrowed to the traditional five finalists. And the pool of judges will be expanded beyond writers to include... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize shortlist includes books from Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, Turkey and India; Orhan Pamuk competes with four other finalists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books and Scholastic have picked up two nominations each in the shortlists for the 2013... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction has been announced in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's book awards time in the UK! The five Costa Book Awards were all won by women writers, while Queen Elizabeth’s New Years Honours List included several authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novel Bring Up The Bodies is named the best novel of 2012 at the Costa Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Patrick Gale and Andre Carl Van der Merwe have been named joint winners of the Green... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The organisers of new book award the Literature Prize announce it has found a sponsor and will hand out its first accolade in 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Literature Prize, the book prize founded by Aitken Alexander m.d. and agent Andrew Kidd, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
E L James has won the Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year with her erotica smash-hit... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Erotic novelist EL James beats Kate Mosse and JoJo Moyes to win the National Book Awards popular fiction book of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former soldier Kevin Powers has won the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award for novel The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A “beautifully designed” debut cookery book by London restaurateur Russell Norman has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Kevin Powers wins the Guardian First Book Award for his 'unforgettable first novel' The Yellow Birds Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book on the the political uprisings in the Middle East has won an English PEN Award for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]