The National Book Award Finalists are here! The winners will be announced November 18, 2020, in a virtual ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-06 16:50:00 UTC ]
The Women's Prize has issued a statement saying that eligibility for the prize extends to "all women" where a woman is defined as "a cis woman, a transgender woman or anyone who is legally defined as a woman or of the female sex". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 04:11:34 UTC ]
Simply submitting your story to be read by someone who knows talent when they see it is important for so many reasonsWriting prizes are massively important for aspiring and emerging writers. I think they are vastly more important than literary prizes. So many aspiring writers don’t have access... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-03 07:00:18 UTC ]
Candice Carty-Williams, Nikesh Shukla and Ayisha Malik are among authors shortlisted for this year's inaugural Diverse Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 16:05:26 UTC ]
Today the Center for Fiction announced the shortlist for its 2020 First Novel Prize. The prize, first awarded in 2006, recognizes the best debut fiction of the year, and it comes with $15,000; each finalist receives $1,000. Previous winners include De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Tommy Orange, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-01 15:05:06 UTC ]
The Nine Dots Prize for creative thinking has revealed his year's question, part of a global problem-solving competition that offers $100,000 (£77,000) and a Cambridge University Press book deal for the winning response. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 13:52:06 UTC ]
The announcement of this year's Booker Prize winner is being postponed for two days until 19th November to avoid clashing with the publication date of Barack Obama's memoirs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 16:18:43 UTC ]
The YA Book Prize, which aims to recognise the best Young Adult fiction from the UK and Ireland, has re-opened for submissions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 14:33:44 UTC ]
Within an hour of hearing that she had won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, a top honor given to science fiction published in the UK, Namwali Serpell also heard the news that the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor would not be charged for her murder. “I received these two pieces of news about... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-25 18:21:12 UTC ]
Autumn means changing leaves, apple-based baked goods, decorative gourds, pumpkin spice lattes—and an avalanche of literary award longlists. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the must-read National Book Award nominees you’re now realizing you didn’t read, why not base your TBR pile off of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-09-25 11:00:06 UTC ]
The T S Eliot Prize-winning poet Roger Robinson, Irish writer and broadcaster Sinéad Gleeson and novelist and short story writer Jon McGregor have been announced as judges for the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 06:26:30 UTC ]
Eligible for books originally published in English or in translation, the FT-McKinsey program looks for work to 'stand the test of time.' The post UK and USA: Financial Times and McKinsey Announce a Business Book of the Year Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-23 20:22:39 UTC ]
Books from Penguin, Bloomsbury, Wildfire, Profile Books and Head of Zeus, on subjects including the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective and the "lost" decade of Oliver Cromwell's rule, have made the Cundill History Prize's 10-strong shortlist spotlighting "history that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 18:41:08 UTC ]
Faber is releasing the new paperback edition of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's 2020 International Booker Prize-winning novel The Discomfort of Evening today (23rd September), five months earlier than scheduled. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 14:54:22 UTC ]
The Liber20 awards from the Spanish publishers go to Basque Country booksellers, a graphic novel adapted to television, and a literary site. The post Spain’s Liber20 Prizes: Elkar Bookstores, Netflix’s ‘El Vecino,’ and ZendaLibros appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-18 19:08:35 UTC ]
Last but certainly not least: it’s the time for fiction! The National Book Foundation has announced the ten books contending for this year’s National Book Award for Fiction. The award, created in 1950, is the most prestigious literary prize in the United States, rewarding bold and cogent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-18 14:15:26 UTC ]
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The National Book Awards, created in 1950, is the most prestigious literary prize in the United States, rewarding quality and cogent writing. This year’s longlist features a mix of debut... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 19:15:43 UTC ]
And now, it’s the time for the poets! Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. The National Book Awards, created in 1950, is the most prestigious literary prize in the United States, rewarding bold and cogent writing. According to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 14:15:43 UTC ]
In more literary news, the National Book Foundation has just announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The longlist includes ten novels originally published in eight different languages: Arabic, German, Spanish, Persian, Tamil, Korean, Japanese, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 19:15:16 UTC ]
‘Tis the season for book awards! Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The National Book Awards, created in 1950, is the most prestigious literary prize in the United States, rewarding quality and cogent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 14:15:20 UTC ]