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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]