The Sheikh Zayed Book Award will present commentary from–and conversation with–many of its winners, from both 2020 and 2021. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award at AIDBF: Its Cultural Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-05-18 23:11:14 UTC ]
The list of Pulitzer Prize-winning books is dominated by white men, so we're highlighting winning nonfiction by women and people of color. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-05-17 10:37:00 UTC ]
The British Book Awards' three-hour digital prize program included Nibbie winners' announcements in 28 categories. The post The British Book Awards: 2021 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-05-13 22:30:42 UTC ]
The Littlest Yak by debut author Lu Fraser and illustrator Kate Hindley (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) has won the £10,000 Oscar’s Book Prize 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 04:12:57 UTC ]
Heather McCalden has won the £3,000 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & Lewitt Studios Essay Prize with "The Observable Universe". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 02:52:24 UTC ]
The five winning entries has been announced for the inaugural Comic Creators’ Prize, a call-out for Black creatives to get editorial feedback. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-10 07:19:14 UTC ]
ECPA has named its 2021 Christian Book Awards-winning books and audio, a slate that highlights reconciliation, inspiration, and consolation in turbulent times. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
In music and commentary, the Jerusalem International Book Forum has opened its interim online program, Barnes to speak in Israel next year. The post Israel’s Jerusalem Prize Goes to England’s Julian Barnes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-05-03 17:20:10 UTC ]
Independent publisher Joffe Books is partnering with author Dorothy Koomson and literary agent Susan Yearwood to launch a writing prize for unagented crime writers of colour. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-30 23:20:48 UTC ]
Short Books will publisher Nobel laureate Dr Denis Mukwege's The Power of Women in autumn 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-23 21:58:09 UTC ]
The shortlist for the International Booker Prize, an award for the best translated work of fiction, includes two books each translated from French and Spanish, and one each from Russian and Danish. The winner will be announced June 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 2021 Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners come from Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Lebanon. The post UAE: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names Its 2021 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-04-22 14:03:56 UTC ]
In its fourth year, the issue-driven Aspen Words Prize goes to fiction based in the Native American struggle for tribal self-determination. The post Louise Erdrich Wins the $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-04-22 02:23:20 UTC ]
Allen Lane has two titles shortlisted for the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize, which celebrates excellence in research and historical writing combined with readability for a wider audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-21 02:05:49 UTC ]
The Zayed Award honors finalists in ‘he Development of Nations' and criticism from Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Tunisia. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Shortlists: ‘Development of Nations’ and Criticism appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-04-19 04:47:40 UTC ]
The 41st annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded in a livestreamed virtual ceremony last Friday. The awards are presented in 12 categories; 56 books were shortlisted overall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Deesha Philyaw, Victoria Chang and Isabel Wilkerson are among the winners of the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prizes, announced Friday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-17 01:06:54 UTC ]
The organizers of at least five British awards received emails asking them to transfer prize money to a PayPal account. One of them paid out. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-16 17:53:34 UTC ]
The 26th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is going virtual again this year. The event kicks off April 17 at 10 a.m. Here's how to watch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-16 12:00:30 UTC ]
Monique Roffey, Adam Mars-Jones and James Boyce are among authors who have been longlisted for this year's £10,000 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-15 16:24:20 UTC ]