The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has said it is "reviewing our structures" in the wake of the controversy which has seen Baroness Emma Nicholson's honorary role axed at the Booker Prize Foundation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-26 06:05:32 UTC ]
This year's top summer reads according to indie booksellers have been revealed, with Bernardine Evaristo, Lara Maiklem, Sophie Anderson and Chris Haughton named as winners of the 2020 Indie Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-26 06:05:16 UTC ]
The Trustees of the Booker Prize Foundation have abolished the post of honorary vice president, previously held by Baroness Emma Nicholson. The decision followed controversy on social media surrounding Nicholson's views on same-sex marriage and her attitude to trans people. A statement this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 23:17:06 UTC ]
This year's Polari Prize longlist sees titles from Jeanette Winterson, Dustin Lance Black and Joseph O'Connor in the running for the £2,000 award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 05:03:35 UTC ]
This year's Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book of the year shortlist and McIlvanney Prize longlist have been revealed, with author Francine Toon up for both awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 13:56:12 UTC ]
The next awards program to move online is the 'Nibbies,' set for June 29 with access available to readers as well as to book business players. The post Nibbies on the Ether: The British Book Awards Online at 30 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-22 09:40:01 UTC ]
The YA Book Prize launched in 2014 to award a YA title written by an author living in the UK ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-19 10:36:00 UTC ]
The Women's Prize Trust is launching Discoveries, a writers’ development programme offering aspiring female writers of all ages and backgrounds "encouragement and support" at the beginning of their creative journeys. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 07:15:38 UTC ]
Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh by Alan Strachan (I B Tauris) has been awarded the Society for Theatre Research Theatre Book Prize 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 01:28:40 UTC ]
Kathryn Hind, Stacey Halls and Okechukwu Nzelu are among the winners of this year's £100,000 Society of Author Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 22:31:09 UTC ]
For seeing society's wealth as reflecting 'the opportunities for development available to all individuals,' the German book trade's Peace Prize goes to Amartya Sen. The post Economist Amartya Sen Wins 2020 German Trade Peace Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-17 13:51:51 UTC ]
The shortlists for this year's Telegraph Sports Book Awards have been revealed, with titles from England Rugby coach Eddie Jones and British Lions coach Warren Gatland jostling for Rugby Writers Book of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 13:50:00 UTC ]
Lemn Sissay, Lisa Taddeo and Paul Mendez have been longlisted for this year's Gordon Burn Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 02:24:37 UTC ]
David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea (Allen Lane), a global history of humankind told through our relationship with the world’s oceans, has won the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 10:43:11 UTC ]
Bad Form, the quarterly literary review magazine, is launching a new prize for young black, Asian, Arab and other non-white fiction writers based in the UK, with support from across the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-14 17:30:53 UTC ]
Irish author Christine Dwyer Hickey has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for her “masterpiece” The Narrow Land (Atlantic), exploring the marriage of artists Edward and Jo Hopper. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-14 12:10:56 UTC ]
I am a Black author and publisher in an industry that is dominated by white people. Black Lives Matter is not a hashtag. It is a movement that will carry on until we have seen real change. It is being said time and time again but there is still not enough representation in the publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 01:22:51 UTC ]
Opening today for submissions in its 2021 cycle, the Aspen Words Literary Prize is focused on fiction that illustrates 'the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.' The post Aspen Words Literary Prize Opens 2021 Submissions Seeking ‘Transformative Fiction’ appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-10 17:05:39 UTC ]
Hay Festival and Mexico's Guadalajara Book Fair have been jointly awarded the 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for communication and humanities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 19:05:34 UTC ]
This year's Comedy Women in Print Prize shortlists have been revealed, and feature Candice Carty-Williams, Jeanette Winterson and Beth O'Leary. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 04:36:56 UTC ]