It’s here: the final day of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements. Yep, it’s time for the fiction list, as chosen by judges Dorothy Allison, Ruth Dickey, Javier Ramirez, Danzy Senna (Chair), and Jeff VanderMeer from a pool of 397 submitted books. It includes two debut short story... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-20 14:32:33 UTC ]
Four British historians make up half the shortlist for the Cundill History Prize 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 20:33:20 UTC ]
Day four of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements; today we’re looking at the ten titles judges Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Carolyn Kellogg, Mark Laframboise, Kiese Laymon, and Jeff Sharlet think illuminate “new perspectives on political, natural, cultural, historical, and personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-19 14:45:35 UTC ]
The 2019 Templar Illustration Prize has been awarded to Paula White for her story Bread, Buns and Biscuits. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 09:52:03 UTC ]
Another reason to be pro-Warren: she supports (and is supported by) poets. Turns out that one of the poets up for the National Book Award this year, Camonghne Felix, is also the Director of Surrogates & Strategic Communications at Elizabeth Warren for President. Felix has been longlisted for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-18 20:27:08 UTC ]
It’s day three of the National Book Foundation’s longlist announcements; today they’ve announced the list for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry. Publishers submitted a total of 245 books to be considered by judges Jos Charles, John Evans, Vievee Francis, Cathy Park Hong, and Mark... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-18 14:56:10 UTC ]
News and Events The Editors of WLT Today the New Yorker announced the longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. With such a wealth of talent on display, we don’t envy the judges’ task. To aid you, the reader, in appreciating the... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-09-17 16:53:18 UTC ]
The Booker Prize has reassured readers the £50,000 literary award has “not yet been decided” – after a bookshop mistakenly branded copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments with a “winner” sticker. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 10:52:14 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has unveiled the 2019 National Book Award longlist for young people's literature. Contenders tackle major sociopolitical issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-16 18:19:57 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has announced the ten books longlisted for this year’s National Book Award in Young People’s Literature, chosen from a total of 325 books submitted to the foundation by publishers. The judges for YPL are An Na, Elana K. Arnold, Kristen Gilligan, Varian Johnson, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-16 14:45:12 UTC ]
Six books are in the running for the £30,000 FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, with former winner Raghuram Rajan returning to the shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-16 07:08:32 UTC ]
The Once Over The Editors of WLT Fifty years ago this week, Books Abroad editor Ivar Ivask traveled to Menton, Switzerland, to announce the establishment of the Books Abroad International Prize for Literature, the forerunner of the Neustadt Prize, at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-09-13 14:34:18 UTC ]
Bloomsbury and Vintage have scooped double nominations on the 12-strong longlist for this year's Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 01:20:26 UTC ]
Jessica Love has won this year's Klaus Flugge Prize for the most promising newcomer to children's picture books with her "barrier-breaking" and "heartwarming" tale, Julian is a Mermaid (Walker Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-10 21:01:48 UTC ]
The US National Book Foundation will honour American Booksellers Association c.e.o. Oren J Teicher with a lifetime achievement accolade at the 70th National Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-10 00:13:28 UTC ]
BBC Radio 4 series "Front Row" has announced Booker Prize-shortlisted authors will meet its listeners as part of new plans to cover the award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 07:33:32 UTC ]
Julian Baggini, Toby Green and Julia Lovell are among the six-strong shortlist for this year’s £25,000 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 00:12:45 UTC ]
Here are the titles that have been nominated for the 2019 Harvey Awards’ Book of the Year Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
The winners of the Richard Schlagman Art Book Awards have been unveiled, with indie Phaidon Press among the winners. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 03:35:10 UTC ]
The shortlist for the inaugural Primadonna Prize has been unveiled at the Primadonna Festival weekend, dedicated to championing women writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 00:40:37 UTC ]