Indies make up half of this year's Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize longlist, with Head of Zeus bagging two nominations for the £15,000 prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Raynor Winn and A J Pearce are among the authors on the six-strong shortlist for the inaugural Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Will Eaves’ Alan Turing-inspired novel Murmur (CB Editions) has scooped the 10th Wellcome Book Prize, worth £30,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Will Eaves' novel uses the legacy of Alan Turing to explore the impact of torture. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The novel 'Murmur' wins author Will Eaves the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize, presented Wednesday evening (May 1) in London. The post Will Eaves’ ‘Murmur’ from CB Editions Wins 2019 Wellcome Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The biggest international poetry prize for ecological, environmental and climate-concerned poetry, the Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry, has returned for a second year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist and film-maker Guy Gunaratne has won the £1,000 Jhalak Prize for his debut novel, In Our Mad and Furious City (Tinder). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize shortlist has been revealed following a record number of nominations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Magazine has launched its debut fiction prize for a second year, following the success of its inaugural year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) recognized the best Christian books of the year in 12 categories on Wednesday during its annual Leadership Summit in Chicago, awarding its top prize to Lysa TerKeurst for her devotional, ‘Embraced.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The hunt is on for up-and-coming writers who could scoop this year’s £1,000 Guardian/Fourth Estate prize A Chinese villager with no arms becomes a Paralympian swimming champion; a dapper elderly Jamaican spends New Year’s Eve in a south London police cell under suspicion of domestic abuse; a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Women's Fiction Prize co-founder Kate Mosse missed last night's celebration for the 2019 award shortlist after being knocked off her bike in central London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker winner Anna Burns and debut author Oyinkan Braithwaite have made the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aspiring illustrator Georgia Page has won this year’s £1,000 Carmelite Picture Book Prize, organised by Hachette Children’s Group, for her interpretation of a story by Kes Gray. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven authors have been shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize following a record 600 entries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vanessa Onwuemezi has won this year’s £2,500 White Review Short Story Prize for her tale "At the Heart of Things". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five poets, including Kwame Alexander and Rachel Rooney, are shortlisted for this year’s CLiPPA Poetry Award, given annually by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ibram Kendi, who received the 2016 National Book Award for his book 'Stamped From the Beginning,' has launched the first National Antiracist Book Festival, to be held April 27 at American University in Washington, D.C. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the UAE's 'The Year of Tolerance,' the Shiekh Zayed Book Award ceremony honors writers and intellectuals from many countries and diverse backgrounds. The post 2019 Shiekh Zayed Book Award Ceremony Emphasizes Tolerance appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The prize money for this year’s Society of Authors’ Awards will exceed £100,000 for the first time, say organisers, as the Elizabeth Longford Prize shortlist is unveiled. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]