There will be a digital award ceremony for the Rathbones Folio Prize tonight (23rd March), after the Rathbones Folio Sessions and gala event at the British Library were cancelled owing to Covid-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-22 12:36:29 UTC ]
Just three weeks ago I had all been ready and excited for the Live From London event to announce the recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prizes at Simpsons in The Strand. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-20 01:53:35 UTC ]
The eight shortlists for the British Book Awards have been revealed with heavyweights Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo, Philip Pullman and David Walliams all in the running for the Book of the Year accolades. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-20 00:59:33 UTC ]
Penguin Random House and Pan Macmillan lead the pack among the shortlists for the trade categories of the British Book Awards 2020. Penguin Random House has 17 nominations and Pan Macmillan has 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 16:38:25 UTC ]
The British Book Awards, while announcing a coronavirus postponement, name some winners and shortlistees in two categories. The post British Book Awards: Ceremony Postponed, Some Winners Announced appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-03-19 16:31:34 UTC ]
Yiyun Li and Bhanu Kapil are among the writers to receive a $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 10:41:56 UTC ]
The winners of the 2020 Windham-Campbell Prizes have been announced. Each will receive $165,000 each to support their work. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
JK Rowling, Zadie Smith and Jamie Oliver have made the shortlist for the British Book Awards "30 from 30" trophy that will crown one book the “best” of the past three decades. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 13:31:41 UTC ]
The nine winners of the regional and country round of the British Book Awards Small Press of the Year accolade have been revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 11:49:39 UTC ]
The award from the New-York Historical Society honors the first installment of his planned trilogy about the American Revolution, which emphasizes the conflict’s costs and uncertainties. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-03-17 12:00:06 UTC ]
Linda Grant has won the 2020 Wingate Literary Prize for her "compelling love letter to London life", A Stranger City (Virago). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-16 01:49:46 UTC ]
The Polari Prize will celebrate a decade of championing fresh literary talent this year with a UK tour for its literary salon as submissions open for its flagship First Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 11:36:23 UTC ]
Jessica Kingsley Publishers has launched a non-fiction writing prize for trans and non-binary writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 09:48:12 UTC ]
The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has unveiled this year’s longlist after "lively debates" among the judges. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 10:22:42 UTC ]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Bloomsbury) has been voted viewers’ favourite Blue Peter Book Award winner of the last 20 years, while Amanda Li’s Rise Up (Buster) and Vashti Hardy’s Wildspark (Scholastic) have also won prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 02:44:21 UTC ]
The author’s second novel, finally getting published in the United States, was first released in the United Kingdom in 2007. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-03-02 20:00:31 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour has unveiled its longlist for 2020 with debut author Candice Carty-Williams making the list alongside children's authors Dean Atta and Jasbinder Bilan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 13:35:48 UTC ]
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are launching The Novel Prize, a $10,000 biennial award for book-length fiction by published or unpublished authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 09:34:44 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel's eagerly awaited The Mirror and the Light, Bernardine Evaristo's Man Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other, and Candice Carty-Williams' acclaimed debut Queenie are among the 16 titles competing for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 00:51:10 UTC ]
The Sheikh Zayed Book Prize announces shortlists and readies a special program at London Book Fair on the impact of prize programs on translation. The post The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2020: Shortlists and a London Book Fair Event appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-02-27 14:30:31 UTC ]