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Patricia Grace and Witi Ihimaera are among the finalists in the significantly re-jigged national book awards. Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon Puttock, Ross MacKenzie and Danny Weston have been revealed as the winners of the 2016 Scottish Children’s Book Awards. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Submissions now are open for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize, for debut books that explore the LGBT experience in poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction. The post Submissions Open for the UK’s Polari First Book Prize 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'It is astonishing what you can do to women's bodies on a page," says author LS Hilton, cutting an imposing figure with her steely blue eyes, thick cream McQueen jumper and tight blonde ponytail. "You can torture them and flay them - but you can't let a woman actually enjoy her own body. Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading From Behind lines up for public vote alongside works including Soviet Bus Stops and Paper Folding With ChildrenIt might sound like a pain in the behind to read, but an academic tome about the cultural history of the anus is among the contenders on the shortlist for the 2016 Diagram prize... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A consideration of cult films and a photographic history of Soviet bus stops are among the contenders for an award given to the year's oddest book title. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A photographic study of Soviet bus stops and a craft manual for flexible children go head to head with a cultural history of the anus on the shortlist for the 38th Diagram prizeDiagram prize: oddest book title shortlist gets behind cultural history of the anus Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pool founder Sam Baker; Robbie Millen and Arifa Akbar, literary editors of the Times and the Independent respectively; authors Viv Groskop and Sali Hughes; and booksellers from Waterstones, Foyles, W H Smith and Booka Bookshop will judge this year’s inaugural Books of the Year awards. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Evening Standard has launched the Oscar’s First Book Prize 2016 and is inviting UK publishers to submit entries. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Peter James and James Heneage, critic and author Amanda Craig and former Hachette deputy c.e.o. David Young will help judge this year’s British Book Industry Awards. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chain booksellers in the UK have welcomed yesterday’s news that Little, Brown UK will publish the script of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter stage play in book form, although independents are less sure of how well the book will sell. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book retailer The Book People has confirmed it will no longer run the Queen of Teen award, saying the prize does not form part of its “ongoing plans”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction books reflecting the “concerns and issues” of modern day children and teenagers have been highlighted in the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2016 shortlist. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frugal Innovation by Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu (Profile/Economist Books) has been named the Chartered Management Institute’s Management Book of the Year 2016. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today, philisopher Theodore Zeldin is revealed as the winner of the Transmission Prize for his collection of "conversational essays" The Hidden Pleasures of Life. The reason? Not so much the quality of Zeldin's prose or the breadth of his research, but the power of the book to spread ideas by... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, published by Macmillan Children's Books, has been crowned the winner of the £30,000 2015 Costa Book of the Year: the first children's book to claim the prize in more than a decade. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New picture book prize will recognise exciting newcomersKlaus Flugge, the publisher who launched the careers of some of our best-loved picture book illustrators, from Quentin Blake and Chris Riddell to David McKee, Tony Ross, Michael Foreman and Emma Chichester Clark, is launching his own book... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Costa Book of the Year is announced on January 26th. Nick Higham spoke to each of the shortlisted authors, including Andrea Wulf, winner of the biography prize. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller has expanded its industry awards, with the 2016 ceremony to celebrate the books of the year as well as the wider trade. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Weidenfeld & Nicolson titles and the Desmond Elliott Prize winner are among the eight novels to have made it onto the Waterstones New Year Book Club, commencing in January. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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