The shortlist has been revealed for the inaugural Jericho Prize for Children's Writing, a competition for unpublished and self-published Black British writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-10 17:14:09 UTC ]
Little A, the literary fiction and non-fiction imprint of Amazon Publishing, has acquired a "powerful" memoir by Paul Burston, founder of the Polari Prize, the UK’s first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-09 09:18:56 UTC ]
Sarah Harkness has won the Tony Lothian Prize for her "sympathetic" biography proposal "Alexander Macmillan, Advocate for the Ignorant – The Life and Times of a Victorian Publisher". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 23:14:29 UTC ]
Here's what it's really like to judge a children's book award, including the surprising best part of the process (it's not the free books!) Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-08 11:33:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the Portico Prize for Literature has been revealed, featuring four debuts as well as titles from Andrew Hagan and Jenn Ashworth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-06 04:59:56 UTC ]
The Northern Writers’ Awards has opened for submissions with a chance to win a share of £40,000 in development opportunities as former winner Benjamin Myers (pictured) launches a new short story category. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 20:45:57 UTC ]
Katie Daynes' Why Do Things Die? (Usborne), illustrated by Christine Pym, has been announced as the overall winner of the School Library Association (SLA) Information Book Award for its “gentle, non-judgemental” tone on "a rare topic" for young readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 10:32:58 UTC ]
With the 'book of the year' winner to be announced on February 1, the Costa Book Awards will name its 2021 winner in 2022. The post The United Kingdom’s Costa Book Awards Name Five Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-23 19:51:12 UTC ]
The Hay Festival and the Women's Prize are some of the literature organisations to have benefitted from the latest round of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund administered through Arts Council England. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-22 05:55:21 UTC ]
Kate Mosse and Sunny Singh have revealed the opposition facing their book prizes, with people at first accusing the Jhalak of "diluting literary merit". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-20 05:15:55 UTC ]
On Sunday night, both the 2020 and 2021 winners of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize accepted their awards in an in-person ceremony—including Chanel Miller, who won the 2020 Prize for nonfiction for her memoir Know My Name. Dayton, Ohio is the hometown of Brock Turner, who was convicted of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-11-19 18:22:33 UTC ]
Bad Form Review and Penguin Random House's Lit in Colour scheme have jointly won the Discover award at this year's FutureBook Awards ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-19 17:09:55 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble names their Book of the Year and a Speculative Book of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-11-18 14:57:13 UTC ]
Here are the 2021 winners of the National Book Award across five different categories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-11-18 12:21:03 UTC ]
Tiya Miles won the nonfiction prize for “All That She Carried.” The author Karen Tei Yamashita received a lifetime achievement award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-11-18 02:46:50 UTC ]
Jason Mott took home the National Book Award for fiction. Other winners included Tiya Miles, Martín Espada and Malinda Lo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-18 02:37:03 UTC ]
Based in Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award releases the first two of its eight longlists showcasing Arabic literature, scholarship, and writing. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Longlists: Young Author and Children’s Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-18 01:57:08 UTC ]
Tonight, in a digital ceremony hosted by Phoebe Robinson, the National Book Foundation announced the winners of its 2021 National Book Awards in Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. The winners in each category will receive $10,000 and a bronze medal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-11-18 01:37:48 UTC ]
Earlier in November, Jerwood Arts announced the three poets selected for the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships 2021/22. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-18 01:25:32 UTC ]
Patrick Radden Keefe has won the UK’s prestigious 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for his latest book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, which investigates the legacy of the family behind Purdue Pharma, which produced and sold OxyContin and helped launch the opioid crisis.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-11-17 14:00:39 UTC ]