A diverse group of writers was recognized by the National Book Foundation for shaping the literary landscape over the past year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-11-22 15:24:09 UTC ]
The Charles Taylor Foundation, a charity organization that supports Canadian writers, gave a cheery explanation for why a literary prize it’s been co-sponsoring for two decades is coming to an end next year: they accomplished exactly what they’d set out to do. For almost 20 years, the Foundation... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-21 18:55:31 UTC ]
The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize will be judged by Claire-Louise Bennett, Rachel Cusk, Niven Govinden and Ottessa Moshfegh in 2020, running in its third year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 15:02:31 UTC ]
The 2019 National Book Award winners have been announced! Hosted by LeVar Burton, the 70th National Book Award ceremony was a night of storytelling! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-11-21 12:22:37 UTC ]
Last night’s 70th National Book Awards in New York saw Susan Choi, Sarah M Broom, Arthur Sze, Laszlo Krasnahorkai and Martin W Sandler annnounced as winners, respectively, in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 10:45:49 UTC ]
Our photographer caught up with the five finalists for the Young People’s Literature prize, along with their editors, and also captured the award announcement at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
A tale of a squirrel's quest for friends, Cyril and Pat (Pan Macmilan) by Emily Gravett, has been crowned the inaugural winner of the BookTrust Storytime Prize, which celebrates the best books for sharing with babies and children aged under five. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 04:31:22 UTC ]
Sarah M. Broom won the nonfiction prize for “The Yellow House,” one of several memoirs in the category. Arthur Sze won in poetry for “Sight Lines.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-11-21 03:34:36 UTC ]
The 2019 National Book Award winners were announced in New York City tonight. The big prize for Fiction went to Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (Bonus: Read our 2019 interview with Choi). In his opening remarks for the 70th annual ceremony, host Levar Burton spoke about the power of books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2019-11-21 03:04:39 UTC ]
The 2019 National Book Awards—aka the Oscars for books—have officially been awarded! This year’s winners are as follows: Young People’s Literature: Martin W. Sandler for 1919, The Year That Changed America. * Poetry: Arthur Sze for Sight Lines. * Translation: Laszlo Krasznahorkai and Ottile... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-21 02:41:21 UTC ]
On the day the 2019 honorees are to be unveiled, we recall recipients who have died in recent years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-11-20 23:04:27 UTC ]
CrimeFest has launched two new prizes for debut crime novel and best TV crime drama for the 2020 awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-20 12:25:24 UTC ]
At the 70th National Book Awards, held again this year at Cipriani Wall Street in lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, LeVar Burton presided over a smoothly run evening attended by a typically ebullient and dapper publishing industry crowd. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
Joseph O’Connor, Vicky Phelan and Andrea Corr were among the winning authors at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards, as Colm Tóibín received the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-20 00:09:43 UTC ]
Ian Williams, winner of this year’s $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel Reproduction, began his acceptance speech Monday night with an emotional tribute. “Margaret Atwood over there is the first book I bought with my own money at a bookstore in Brampton,” he told the audience.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-19 20:30:03 UTC ]
These are some important things to know about my dad: every Halloween he dresses up in a different inflatable costume to hand out candy, he’s seen Bigfoot, he watches John Wick about once a month, he wanted to name me Elvis, and when I was younger he read all my favorite books along with me.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-11-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
Congratulations to Beth O'Leary! Her debut novel The Flatshare was recently announced as 2019 Fiction Book of the Year by the British retailer WHSmith—an honor previously bestowed on books such as Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman and The Girl on the Train by Paula... Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2019-11-19 11:00:22 UTC ]
Hallie Rubenhold's The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Doubleday) has won the £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. The book sees social historian Rubenhold reconstruct the murdered women's lives, sometimes from as little as a single hair, giving voice to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-19 05:22:32 UTC ]
Ian Williams has won the C$100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's most prestigious and richest award for fiction, for his debut novel, 'Reproduction,' published by Random House Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Williams has won the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's richest literary award for fiction, for his novel Reproduction. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2019-11-19 03:04:37 UTC ]