Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-04-20 05:08:39 UTC ]
With March Madness and the Super Bowl recently crowning champions and the Grammys and Oscars awarding music and movies, it’s finally time for the literary world to have its own big moment in the sun. And that can only mean one thing: It’s Pulitzer time! While there are many book awards that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-04-19 11:15:00 UTC ]
In September, poet Joan Wickersham’s No Ship Sets Out To Be A Shipwreck will be published by Eastover Press. Lit Hub got a sneak peak, and we’re excited to share a new poem from the collection. According to the publisher, No Ship Sets Out To Be A Shipwreck is a poetic and philosophical... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-15 13:30:20 UTC ]
180 titles have been submitted for this year's German Book Prize, established to 'draw attention beyond national borders' to German fiction. The post German Book Prize: 180 Novels Submitted by 106 Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-10 17:03:14 UTC ]
From books about disintegrating relationships and countries to a worker’s-eye view of Korea and a story of farmers in Brazil, the selected titles engage with current realities, say the judging panelKorean writer Hwang Sok-yong and German author Jenny Erpenbeck appear on this year’s International... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-04-09 13:00:09 UTC ]
Four of the five shortlisted titles in the Carol Shields Prize are from Penguin Random House companies, while one is from SPJ Lit. The post Toronto: The $150,000 Carol Shields Prize Names Its Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-09 12:01:04 UTC ]
Each year the Bologna Children’s Book Fair honors a half dozen publishers with the BOP - Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year; the 2024 winnerswere announced on April 8. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, in its 18th year, announces its core list of 2024 laureates from the UAE, Tunisia, Germany, China, and Egypt. The post The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names Its Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-04 22:27:45 UTC ]
The 2024 Windham-Campbell Prize winners are Deirdre Madden and Kathryn Scanlan for fiction, Christina Sharpe and Hanif Abdurraqib for nonfiction, Christopher Chen and Sonya Kelly for drama, and m. nourbeSe philip and Jen Hadfield for poetry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction publishing Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2024-03-27 18:22:41 UTC ]
These 24 picture book, young reader, and young adult books are the finalists for this year's Barnes & Noble Children's and Young Adult Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-03-27 13:10:40 UTC ]
'The Hive and the Honey' is the winner of this year's Story Prize, which was presented at a ceremony March 26 at the Lotos Club in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Kahneman's 2011 bestseller 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' exposed the psychological underpinnings of economic decision-making, and his research—much of it conducted with fellow psychologist Amos Tversky—earned him a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author’s ‘suspenseful and linguistically astonishing’ fourth novel praised for its ‘great wit and humanity’ by judge Bernardine EvaristoThe Irish author Paul Murray has won the inaugural £30,000 Nero Gold prize for The Bee Sting, a comic family saga set in rural Ireland.Murray was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-03-14 19:30:28 UTC ]
At London Book Fair, the top honor from the Writers' Prize, formerly the Rathbones, goes to Liz Berry for 'The Home Child.' The post At London Book Fair: Writers’ Prize Names Its Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-03-14 05:01:24 UTC ]
Today, the International Booker Prize—which seeks to honor the best novels and short story collections in translation published in the UK and/or Ireland every year—announced its 2024 longlist. The 13 books on this year’s longlist were selected from 149 books published between May 1, 2023 and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-03-11 14:33:09 UTC ]
On International Women’s Day Kate Mosse, co-founder of the Women’s prize for fiction and bestselling author of Labyrinth, heralds a new honour Gloria Steinem said: “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-03-08 12:30:02 UTC ]
Issuing this year's shortlists in seven categories, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Scientific Committee concludes its deliberations. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award: The 18th Edition Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-03-07 23:07:00 UTC ]
At the 29th annual Audies, presented by the Audio Publishers Association and held in Los Angeles on March 4, winners across 27 categories were announced. The night's biggest honor, Audiobook of the Year, went to 'Surrender,' written and narrated by Bono. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
The biennial Novel Prize comes with a $10,000 purse and simultaneous publication in North America, by New Directions; the U.K. and Ireland, by Fitzcarraldo; and Australia and New Zealand, by Giramondo. In a twist, this year, the three publishers crowned two winners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-28 05:00:00 UTC ]