A debut novel translated from French is among the six titles shortlisted for the inaugural... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Epubli, the Holtzbrinck-owned German self-publishing platform, reflects on its methods and motivations for running a book prize suitable for the 21st century. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Members of the public have voted Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frank Cottrell Boyce’s The Unforgotten Coat, published by Walker, has won the 2012 Guardian... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Australia's first major literary prize for women's writing, the Stella Prize, said to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Man Group, which also sponsors the Man Booker Prize, has withdrawn its support from the Man Asian Literary Prize, which will be unable to go on after this year if another sponsor isn't found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Asian Literary Prize is on the lookout for a new sponsor as Man Group plc, also the sponsor... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Broadcaster, critic and writer Mark Lawson is returning for a second year to chair the judging... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
How to Be A Woman author Caitlin Moran is to join the judging panel for the 2013 Blue Peter Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Carrie Arcos, an L.A. mom whose first novel, 'Out of Reach,' is a young adult literature finalist, is in the company of Robert A. Caro, Junot Diaz and more.Carrie Arcos was mystified when she received an email from the National Book Foundation instructing her to call its office. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Junot Diaz, Dave Eggers, and Katherine Boo all made the cut for final consideration for the award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book that has moved me most in the past year is Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It’s the fictional story of August Pullman, a 10-year-old with a very different-looking face—the result of a chromosomal abnormality and an illness—and his journey from the nest of homeschooling to the wilds of middle... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Junot Díaz, who was recently named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, is among the National Book Awards fiction finalists for his short-story collection, "This Is How You Lose Her." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Samar Yazbek, whose latest book is an account of the Assad regime written inside Syria, will share the Pen Pinter prize with poet Carol Anne Duffy. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Individual donors including Christopher Foyle, Joanna Trollope, ebook site Bilbary, Cherie Blair... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new sponsorship deal for the Women's Prize for Fiction, previously the Orange Prize, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Allen Lane has dominated the shortlist for this year’s £10,000 Royal Society Winton... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four independent presses have made the shortlist for the Polari First Book Prize, with the winner... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comedian David Walliams has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize for the third... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourteen titles have made this year's longlist for the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]