Sara Collins has won the Costa First Novel Award for her gothic romance, The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Viking), in a stellar year for début authors after three out of the five award categories were won by first-time writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-06 21:35:49 UTC ]
With a total purse of £60,000 (US$79,000), the Costa Book Awards' first winners are in the five categories. One of this group will be named the overall winner on January 28. The post Costa Book Awards Names Its 2019 Category Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-01-06 19:30:25 UTC ]
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award literature longlist includes work from Iraq, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Tunisia. The post The Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Arabic Literature: The 2020 Literature Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-01-06 09:30:20 UTC ]
Five guest judges have been selected to help decide the winner of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize as the award celebrates its 15th anniversary. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-23 14:22:44 UTC ]
The Journalism entry site is now open for the 2020 cycle. As entrants begin to take stock of their eligible Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-18 15:50:38 UTC ]
Five of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards' nine categories are represented in longlistings reported from Abu Dhabi to date, with more to come. The post The Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Arabic Literature: The 2020 Longlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-18 15:30:47 UTC ]
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s international outreach and activities in 2019 have resulted in new rights deals for some of its winning titles. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s World Outreach Prompts Seven Translations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-18 07:30:21 UTC ]
The 16-strong longlist of books contending for the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), has been revealed, featuring nine countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-17 04:45:51 UTC ]
Tyson Fury and Ben Stokes have been longlisted for Autobiography of the Year at the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 23:09:52 UTC ]
Amitabha Bagchi has won the $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature with his novel Half the Night is Gone (Juggernaut). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 18:21:54 UTC ]
This year’s Booker and Turner prizes tell us artists and even judges are repudiating the winner-takes-all award. It may be time to find new ways to celebrate the artsThe past year has been a curious one for cultural prizes. The Booker, when the judges failed to agree on a single winner, ended up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-12-15 18:25:01 UTC ]
The Nibbies are to return in 2020 to celebrate three decades, with another gala ceremony awarding the best of the British book trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 04:47:19 UTC ]
In the publishing world, it seems like winning the Nobel Prize just isn’t what it used to be. A Deutsche Welle interview with Lucien Leitess, director of the Swiss publishing house Unionsverlag, explored the business of predicting a Nobel laureate’s commercial success. The controversy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-12-11 19:54:24 UTC ]
Huge congratulations to De’Shawn Charles Winslow, who last night took home the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for his acclaimed debut In West Mills. Winslow was presented with the prestigious prize—which has in previous years been awarded to Junot Diaz, Tiphanie Yanique, Viet Thanh Nguyen,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-12-11 17:00:27 UTC ]
The shortlist for the 2019 André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards has been revealed with 16 titles in the running for the £2,000 prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-11 05:50:36 UTC ]
To those familiar with Olga Tokarczuk’s work, it was not so much a matter of whether she would win the Nobel Prize, but when. For many years she has been Poland’s leading contemporary novelist, and her nine novels and three short-story collections have been translated worldwide. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-12-10 10:18:09 UTC ]
Books from Fleet, Picador and Lightning Books are in the running for the £10,000 Portico Prize for Literature, an award "for outstanding literature that best evokes the spirit of the North". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-09 00:23:29 UTC ]
Something to look forward to in 2020: the Pulitzer Prize Board has announced a new experimental category, Audio Reporting. “The renaissance of audio journalism in recent years has given rise to an extraordinary array of non-fiction storytelling,” says Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy. (Hello,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 21:11:10 UTC ]
The National Books Critics Circle has just announced the seven finalists for the 2019 John Leonard Prize for Best First Book published in the last year. The winner will be announced on January 11th, 2020, but in the meantime, peruse the finalists at your leisure below, and feel free to get... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 19:00:27 UTC ]
Podcasts like S-Town, Serial and Believed aren't just enthralling, they're also great examples of hard-hitting, in-depth reporting. With that in mind, the Pulitzer Prize Board is adding a new journalism prize category for audio reporting. Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-12-06 17:44:00 UTC ]