His novels and short stories are populated with refugees from war, colonialism and historical injustice Continue reading >> [ Source: The Economist | 2021-10-07 16:46:03 UTC ]
The Booker Prize will showcase its shortlisted authors with hybrid appearances at Coventry University and the Southbank Centre before the winner is announced at BBC Broadcasting House's Radio Theatre on the big night. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-07 15:34:41 UTC ]
The Swedish Academy awarded the prize to the Tanzanian author whose English-language novels include “Paradise,” “By the Sea” and “Desertion.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-10-07 11:03:10 UTC ]
The U.K.-based English-language Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.” He is the fifth... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers speak of the profound effect the prize has had on Australia’s book industry in the decade since its establishmentOn International Women’s Day in 2011, a group of Australian women writers and editors appeared at a literary salon and spoke about their frustration at the male-dominated... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-10-07 01:56:57 UTC ]
Debut authors Natasha Brown and Rebecca Watson are among the writers shortlisted for this year's £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize, recognising the best in experimental fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-06 21:50:51 UTC ]
Literary agency Peters Fraser + Dunlop is launching the Queer Fiction Prize, with author Okechukwu Nzelu among the judges for the inaugural award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 18:48:23 UTC ]
Hanif Abdurraqib, Anthony Doerr, Ge Fei, and Lauren Groff are among this year's National Book Award finalists. The winners will be announced live on November 17 at the 72nd National Book Awards Ceremony, which will be held exclusively online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Women's Prize Trust Discoveries writing development programme is returning this year in partnership with Audible and backed by Curtis Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-29 19:15:53 UTC ]
The six-strong shortlist for the £25,000 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize has been revealed, including two titles from PRH imprint The Bodley Head. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-28 22:52:51 UTC ]
The Center for Fiction has just announced its shortlist for the 2021 First Novel Prize. The seven titles were selected from a longlist of twenty-seven debut novels, all published in the US between January 1 to December 21. The prize, first established in 2006, celebrates the best debut fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-28 17:25:35 UTC ]
The four-strong shortlist for this year's Laurel Prize for nature and eco-poetry has been announced, with two nominations for Jonathan Cape titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-26 07:25:12 UTC ]
In July, the National Book Foundation announced that the 2021 National Book Awards Ceremony would be held in person, with proof of vaccination required for guests. Now, due to ongoing uncertainty related to the coronavirus, the ceremony has been moved back online. “Although we were cautiously... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-24 14:33:59 UTC ]
Issue-driven nonfiction brings cultural and science topics into the business context in the 16th Business Book of the Year Award shortlist. The post The 2021 Business Book of the Year Award Announces a Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-24 14:26:05 UTC ]
Submissions are now open for the 2021 Barbellion Prize, launched last year for the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-24 09:04:18 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation will not hold its planned limited in-person National Book Awards ceremony on November 17, opting once more for a virtual ceremony as new variants of the coronavirus continue to spread. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
The eight shortlisted books for this year's Cundill History Prize shine a light on race, class, empire, revolution and memory, showing "the range and insight of current history writing". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 10:34:54 UTC ]
R Z Baschir has won this year’s £2,500 White Review Short Story Prize, for her modern fable "The Chicken". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 04:15:19 UTC ]
Flavia Z Drago has won the £5,000 Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting and promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration with her book Gustavo the Shy Ghost (Walker Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 00:18:26 UTC ]
Said to demonstrate 'an immense delight and expertise in storytelling,' the German Book Prize shortlist will yield to a winner on October 18. The post The German Book Prize’s 2021 Shortlist: Six ‘Artistically Outstanding Novels’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-21 12:15:56 UTC ]