The Booker Prize’s "wide-ranging and diverse" shortlist has been met with a broadly positive response from the trade, though there is surprise from some that authors like Max Porter missed out on the final six. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 10:36:45 UTC ]
Gaby Wood, literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, championed the "inclusive" nature of the award's current entry criteria at last night's celebration of the 2019 shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 02:23:00 UTC ]
Awards buzz is ramping up for author Margaret Atwood, who is again in the running for both the Man Booker Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2019-09-03 19:27:06 UTC ]
The 2019 Man Booker Prize shortlist is here! The post Man Booker Prize Names 2019 Shortlist appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2019-09-03 12:55:26 UTC ]
The Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed with Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie in the running for the £50,000 prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 10:45:33 UTC ]
Louise Tucker has won the inaugural Lost the Plot Work in Progress Prize for her "tender, moving, beautifully drawn" novel The Last Field. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 11:47:52 UTC ]
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize shortlist has been unveiled featuring Tara Westover’s debut Educated (Windmill) and the Man Booker-shortlisted The Overstory (William Heinemann) by Richard Powers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 01:46:22 UTC ]
Corrinne Averiss and Rosalind Beardshaw have triumphed at this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards to win the Book of the Year Award for My Pet Star (Hachette Children’s Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 19:52:05 UTC ]
The Children's Book Council of Australia chose the winners of the 2019 Book of the Year Awards. Get the list of winners and honorable mentions here. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-08-28 10:39:17 UTC ]
Klaus Flugge Prize winner Kate Milner's new picture book has been snapped up by indie Barrington Stoke. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 07:38:33 UTC ]
Alastair Chisholm, Morag Hood and Meg McLaren have made the 2020 Bookbug Picture Book Prize shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-27 21:03:28 UTC ]
The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses has been granted Arts Council funding for the next two years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-27 08:51:41 UTC ]
The Royal Society Science Book Prize shortlist for 2019 has been revealed with nominations for indies Icon, Bloomsbury and Atlantic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-27 01:50:28 UTC ]
Three Cambridge School of Art Children’s Book Illustration graduates Maria Coco, Paula White and Sally Walker are shortlisted for the second Templar Illustration Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 06:53:23 UTC ]
Dr David Cohen, founder of the eponymous £40,000 literature prize, has died aged 89. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 10:03:11 UTC ]
Citing 'so many successful debuts to discover' among its list of 20 titles, the jury of the German Book Prize has released its 2019 longlist. The post German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Longlist: A ‘Stimulating Discussion’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-20 09:46:31 UTC ]
George R R Martin has been honoured with the International Recognition Award at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards for his contribution to fantasy and science fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 07:23:59 UTC ]
Celebrated British writer and cultural critic Olivia Laing has been widely praised for her decision to split her James Tate Black award winnings with her fellow shortlisted authors. “I said in Crudo that competition has no place in art and I meant it,” Laing told the gathered crowd upon... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-08-19 15:39:24 UTC ]
A biography of war correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum and Olivia Laing’s novel Crudo have won this year’s James Tait Black Prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-19 07:50:33 UTC ]
Foyles’ acting head of fiction Gary Michael and Harvill Secker editor Mikaela Pedlow will judge the 2019 Harvill Secker Young Translator’s Prize, alongside editor Nii Ayikwei Parkes and writer Sarah Ardizzone. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-19 00:26:23 UTC ]