A graphic novel has won an award for the first time at the Society of Authors’ Translation Prize ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Learning Arabic is a winding road,' Paula Santillán Grimm has said, 'but the views are so spectacular.' She speaks now about her new position with the Sheikh Zayed Book Award's 'scientific committee.' The post Five Questions for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s Paula Santillán Grimm appeared first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three key categories of shortlists have been named in the 2019 Sheikh Zayed Book Award program, with the prize ceremony set for April 25. The post The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Program Announces 2019 Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Wolfson Foundation has appointed Midas Public Relations to manage PR and social media for the 2019 Wolfson History Prize, with the communications agency planning a "strategic, multi-channel campaign" for the £40,000 award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Profile Books and Aitken Alexander have launched the Profile Aitken Alexander Non-Fiction Prize, awarded to the best debut trade non-fiction proposal from an academic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Rathbones Folio Prize will increase its prize money to £30,000 after receiving renewed sponsorship. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors and illustrators including Tomi Adeyemi, Sophie Anderson, Jessica Love and Onjali Q. Raúf are on the shortlist for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, which is now in its fifteenth year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The longlist has been revealed for the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize, with six debuts in line for the contest’s 10th anniversary award as memoirs dominate the non-fiction titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jurors have been named in the 2019 German Book Prize competition. The winner will be announced on October 14 during the Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post German Publishers Association Names Its 2019 German Book Prize Jurors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction was announced today at the El-Hakawati Palestinian National Theatre in East Jerusalem. The IPAF - often referred to as the ‘Arabic Booker’ - is an annual literary prize for prose fiction, which encourages the readership of... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-02-05 16:33:45 UTC ]
Almost evenly divided between fiction and nonfiction, the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize longlist features issues of gender, identity, mental health and medicine. The post Wellcome Book Prize Announces Its 10th Anniversary Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Iranian-Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani’s book has been awarded a literary prize. He wrote it on a messaging service. Iranian-Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani didn’t have access to a laptop or typewriter, so he wrote his memoir through texts on WhatsApp. Now his book, No Friend but the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Messaging apps aren't just useful for everyday communication -- in at least one case, they've enabled an influential book. Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani has won Australia's top literary award, the Victorian Prize for Literature, with a boo... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh-based indie Luath Press' Gavin MacDougall talks about publishing prize-winner Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey, as well as an upcoming title from the artist whose project inspired the book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Festival directors, journalists, authors, broadcasters, editors, publishers, booksellers, illustrators, translators, educators, and literary agents are among the big cohort of judges for the 2019 'Nibbies.' The post British Book Awards: More Than 65 Judges for 2019 appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Female writers and first-time authors dominate the longlist for the 2019 Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize, worth £30,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bart van Es wrote about a Jewish girl who was sheltered by his grandparents during World War Two. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Man Group is ending its sponsorship of the UK's most prestigious literary prize, the Man Booker Prize, and complaints and criticism are now following. The post Man and the Prize: Reactions to the Booker Losing a Sponsor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of New Zealand's best-known authors are in the running for the country's most prestigious literary awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bart van Es' biography The Cut Out Girl (Fig Tree) has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]