#Awards/Prizes

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Prizes: “Maggot Moon” Wins Carnegie, “Black Dog” Takes Kate Greenaway

Sally Gardner has won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for "Maggot Moon;" Levi Pinfold won the Kate Greenaway Medal, which awards excellence in illustration, for his picture book "Black Dog." Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paris Literary Prize Celebrates Unique Art of the Novella

Shakespeare & Co.'s Paris Literary Prize honors novellas written in English by an unpublished author. Judge Rebecca Carter reports on this year's festivities. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes, Franzen, Al-Khalili on Warwick Prize longlist

The latest longlist for the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing (£25,000) has pitted... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New prize rewards military history

A new book award has been founded in the US to reward military history titles. The Guggenheim-... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reprint for A M Homes after Women's Prize win

Granta is reprinting 60,000 copies of A M Homes' May We Be Forgiven after it scooped the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Dazzling' Homes scoops Women’s Prize for Fiction

The American novelist A M Homes has won the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction for her... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baileys new sponsor for Women's Prize for Fiction

Baileys has become the new sponsor for the Women's Prize for Fiction, with the cream liqueur... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Vance, prolific, prize-winning pulp author, dies at 96

Jack Vance, prolific author of science fiction, mystery and epic fantasy, died Sunday at 96, his son John told the Associated Press. He had written more than 60 books during his long life.Jack Vance, prolific author of science fiction, mystery and epic fantasy, died Sunday at 96, his son John... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is The Man Booker International Prize Not International Enough?

Does the Man Booker International Prize lose credibility by overlooking works in translation while favoring books originally written in English? Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize

The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for "achievement in fiction on the world stage." Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bakker's The Detour wins Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker has won this year's £10,000 Independent Foreign Fiction... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robinson wins Kim Scott Walwyn Prize

Foyles head of marketing Miriam Robinson has won the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2013, with the judges... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brigden and Duggan win Wolfson History Prizes

Book from Random House and Faber have won the £25,000 Wolfson History Prizes. Susan... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hensher wins Ondaatje Prize

Philip Hensher's Scenes from an Early Life (Fourth Estate) has won the £10,000 2013... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize: huge sales neither required nor guaranteed

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 at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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