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 ]
Today, the Whiting Foundation announced the five print and digital winners for its third annual Literary Magazine Prizes. Since launching in 2018, the Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes seek to recognize, reward, and support publications that actively nurture writers who produce extraordinary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 12:00:53 UTC ]
The 2020 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes were announced today and were given to 'Conjunctions,' 'Foglifter,' 'Kweli,' 'Nat. Brut,' and 'One Story.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has released Tsitsi Dangarembga's This Mournable Body as a paperback edition this week, after it was announced the novel has made the Booker Prize shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 01:29:28 UTC ]
Eva Eland has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 23:50:00 UTC ]
The six titles on the German Book Prize shortlist are said to 'demonstrate political urgency in a particularly clever manner.' The post The German Book Prize Names Its 2020 Shortlist of Novels appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-15 13:51:12 UTC ]
With no room for Hilary Mantel’s conclusion to her Wolf Hall trilogy, the six finalists also include four debutsHilary Mantel will not win a third Booker prize with the final novel in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, after American writers made a near clean sweep of this year’s shortlist.With four... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-15 12:21:07 UTC ]
Diane Cook, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Avni Doshi, Maaza Mengiste, Douglas Stuart and Brandon Taylor have been shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize, in a selection packed with independent presses but featuring the notable absence of two-time winner Hilary Mantel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 08:26:08 UTC ]
Even for a prize that thrives on controversy, the omission of Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light from the Booker shortlist today is a big shock. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:24:12 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize, which annually awards the Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, has launched a new, second prize for books for children and young adults. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:13:10 UTC ]
Six titles made the shortlist for this year's Booker Prize for Fiction, of which four are debuts. The list is also notably diverse, with four female finalists and four titles coming from independent publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Three cheers for more exciting book news! Today, the Before Columbus Foundation announced the winners of the 41st-annual American Book Awards. The award, which has no categories or nominees, was created to recognize extraordinary literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-14 16:38:41 UTC ]
Swift’s novel is about young love and the little acts of chance and villainy that realign lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-09-14 10:34:15 UTC ]
#Merky Books has announced the second annual #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, a competition that aims to discover unpublished, underrepresented writers aged 16-30 from the UK and Ireland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 02:02:20 UTC ]
Dara McAnulty has become the youngest Baillie Gifford Prize longlisted author ever, joining previous winners Barbara Demick and Kate Summerscale in the running for this year's £50,000 non-fiction award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 02:50:25 UTC ]