The winners of the 2021 Windham-Campbell Prizes administered by Yale University are Dionne Bran, Kate Briggs, Nathan Alan Davis, Renee Gladman, Vivian Gornick, Michael R. Jackson, Canisia Lubrin, and Natalie Scenters-Zapico. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Zayed Award honors 15th-anniversary finalists in 'Arab Culture in Other Languages,' 'Publishing and Technology' and Translation. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Shortlists: ‘Arab Culture in Other Languages’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-03-22 01:31:14 UTC ]
This year's new 'page-turner' category is included in the 'book of the year' shortlists for the 'Nibbies,' for an awards event May 13. The post British Book Award Issues Its 2021 ‘Book of the Year’ Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-03-21 19:47:44 UTC ]
The three shortlists announced today comprise nine titles selected from a total 39 longlisted works. Winners are to be named in May. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Shortlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, and Young Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-03-16 16:41:14 UTC ]
The New-York Historical Society award goes to a study of fractures in American society a year after Pearl Harbor, which resonates amid the pandemic today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-03-15 16:00:06 UTC ]
Today, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, in collaboration with Bailey’s and Nat West, announced the longlist for its annual award, which recognizes and honors a female author of any nationality for the best novel written in English published in the United Kingdom in the previous year. The winner... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-03-10 20:25:29 UTC ]
Edward Hogan has won the 2020/21 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize for his submission "Single Sit". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-09 05:38:51 UTC ]
Children's book blogger Fabia Turner has launched a competition for Black children's book writers, to be sponsored by inclusive indie publisher Knights Of. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-04 23:23:40 UTC ]
The Blue Peter Book Awards have been won this year by Elle McNicoll's A Kind of Spark (Knights Of) and Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley's A Day in the Life of a Poo, A Gnu and You (Buster Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-04 09:57:17 UTC ]
The awards recognize outstanding literary achievements in 12 categories, including the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, with winners to be announced April 16. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-03-02 15:00:14 UTC ]
National Book Tokens has launched a partnership with the Jhalak Prize, aiming to help promote the 2021 nominated titles among booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 00:58:20 UTC ]
The Syrian author Khalil Sweileh's 'Remorse Test,' winner of the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Literature, is to be translated into Ukrainian by Nora-Druk Publishers. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Its First Translation Grant of 2021 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-25 15:56:10 UTC ]
The historian, author, university professor and former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Michael Ignatieff will chair the jury for the 2021 Cundill History Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-23 07:36:12 UTC ]
Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain and The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, both published by Chatto & Windus, are among titles longlisted for this year's £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 15:59:07 UTC ]
The follow-up to “The Sympathizer” finds a former Vietnamese spy working as a drug dealer in Paris. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-02-22 11:28:53 UTC ]
All told, more than 90 small presses and independent bookshops are in the running now for the British Book Awards' annual honors. The post British Book Awards: Bookstore, Small Press Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-21 16:10:23 UTC ]
The shortlist for this year's Aspen Words Literary Prize features three novels and two short story collections. The post Aspen Words’ $35,000 Literary Prize Names Its 2021 Finalists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-17 16:38:14 UTC ]
Naomi Shihab Nye and Sandeep Parmar are to judge this year's £5,000 Ledbury Poetry Prize for Second Collections. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-16 17:17:24 UTC ]
The inaugural Barbellion Prize for ill and disabled voices in writing has been won by artists and author Riva Lehrer for Golem Girl: A Memoir (Virago). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-12 02:31:35 UTC ]
In short stories like “The Immortals” and novels like “The Listeners,” Mr. Gunn helped prepare readers for the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-11 17:10:44 UTC ]