Kate Clanchy and Colson Whitehead have won this year's £3,000 Orwell Prizes for Political Writing and Political Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 18:45:32 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster on Monday named Dana Canedy senior vice president and publisher of its namesake imprint, putting a former Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-07-07 17:06:52 UTC ]
Poet and reggae recording artist Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 for his commitment to political expression in his work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 08:46:24 UTC ]
A number of high-profile writers, including Susan Hill, Francis Wheen, Trezza Azzopardi, Jane Harris, Allison Pearson, Justin Hill and Joolz Denby, have joined the signatories to an open letter to the Booker Prize Foundation calling on the body to apologise to former honorary vice-president... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 05:29:21 UTC ]
Alys Conran and Niall Griffiths are among writers shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award, which includes a new category for children's books for 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-03 06:05:19 UTC ]
Aspiring illustrator Ellan Rankin has been announced by Hachette as this year's winner of the Carmelite Picture Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-03 00:33:10 UTC ]
Michele Kirsch has won this year's Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize, for her memoir Clean (Short Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 15:40:23 UTC ]
Derek Owusu has won the Desmond Elliott Prize for his “transcendent” novel-in-verse That Reminds Me (#Merky Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 14:51:08 UTC ]
Instead of celebrating myself, I’m going to celebrate the books by black authors that came before meI have a funny thing about winning. I find it overwhelming. I don’t know how to cope or act when things are meant to be “good”. What do I do? Should I be happy? What is that? How many ways can I... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-07-02 07:00:46 UTC ]
On May 4, Pulitzer Prize administrator Dana Canedy announced this year’s winners from her living room with some technological help Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-07-02 07:00:00 UTC ]
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire has partnered with the Women Poets' Prize for the 2020 award, as it launches its second year in action. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 02:25:17 UTC ]
Matthew Dooley has won the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with his graphic novel Flake (Jonathan Cape). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 10:29:47 UTC ]
Candice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo take book of the year and author of the year categories, as publishers face criticism for treatment of black authorsCandice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo have become the first black authors to win the top prizes at the British Book awards,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-29 17:45:42 UTC ]
The 2020 British Book Awards are announcing prize winners in two parts online, the industry awards first, followed by the book awards. The post British Book Awards: Online and Upbeat, a Busy Round of the Nibbies appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-29 16:44:39 UTC ]
Candice Carty-Williams has become the first black female writer to win Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 15:02:06 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has been named Publisher of the Year, while Waterstones has claimed Book Retailer of the Year, at the British Book Awards 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 14:20:04 UTC ]
Indian author Kritika Pandey has been announced as the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 13:25:57 UTC ]
Dame Hermione Lee has been named the new chair of the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 07:50:04 UTC ]
The best authors, publishers and retailers will be crowned at the British Book Awards in a virtual ceremony today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 17:13:02 UTC ]
One of the lesser known prizes for short fiction in Spain names its winner as Australia's high-profile Miles Franklin Literary Award issues its 2020 shortlist. The post Publishing Awards Notes: Madrid’s Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Angela Finn appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-26 17:54:35 UTC ]