The National Book Foundation has announced its longlists for the 2018 National Book Awards. The five finalists in each category will be named on October 10, and the winner will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 14. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic Simon Smith is the winner of this year’s Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Taking in several historical perspectives, the newly announced shortlist for the coveted German Book Prize offers what the jury calls 'the sensuousness of another time, which always evokes ours.' The post The German Book Prize Announces Its 2018 Shortlist of Six Titles appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten books have been named by the National Book Awards to its 2018 longlist in young people's literature, as the National Book Foundation begins several days of longlist announcements. The post National Book Awards 2018 Longlists: Young People’s Literature and the New Translation Prize appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six writers will contest the shortlist for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018, the British Academy's £25,000 international prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK's relatively young Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize announces its shortlist, which honors nonfiction books that enhance 'global cultural understanding.' The post Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize Announces Its 2018 Shortlist in ‘Global Understanding’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Kate Jegede has set up a new writing prize that aims to increase the visibility of women writers in the UK writing non-fiction works with a philosophical or critical thinking theme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booker Prize Foundation has launched an online celebration for the Man Booker Prize’s 50th anniversary, charting key moments in the prize’s history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two previous winners, Chris Brookmyre and Charles Cumming, have made the four-strong shortlist for this year's £1,000 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, alongside authors Lin Anderson and Liam McIlvanney. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Gaiman and Haruki Murakami have been shortlisted for a substitute Nobel literature prize, created by cultural figures in Sweden after the Academy, rocked by a sexual assault scandal, was forced to postpone the awarding of 2018's prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s and Penguin Random House Children’s picked up two prizes each at this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Freelance illustrator and former nurse Hannah Foley has won this year’s Kelpies Prize for her story, The Lost Wizard of Nine Witches Wood. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles published by Bloomsbury, Two Hoots Books and Little Door Books are on the shortlist for the 2019 Bookbug Picture Book Prize, organised by Scottish Book Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Academy of American Poets has named poets Sonia Sanchez, Martín Espada, and PW staffer Craig Teicher among the nine winners of its 2018 American Poets Prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Craig Brown, who wrote a biography of HRH Princess Margaret, and short story writer Eley Williams are the winners of this year’s James Tait Black Prizes, awarded by the University of Edinburgh. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Usborne, Kelpies and Chicken House are in the running for the 2019 Scottish Teenage Book Prize, which celebrates teen titles written by Scottish authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is moving into its third year with a major new sponsor, the University of East Anglia (UEA), whose MA Creative Writing students will also have a single bloc vote on the 2019 Prize judging panel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year's German Book Prize longlist for Germany's most prestigious literary prize includes authors Maxim Biller, Helene Hegemann, and other familiar names The post German Book Prize 2018 Longlist Announced: Familiar Names, Literary Diversity appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Jessica Townsend, Matthew Syed and Ed Vere are in the running for this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, held in partnership with BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Absolutely Fabulous" actress and stand-up comedian Helen Lederer is launching a new literary award in a bid to give female comic writing "the exposure and praise it deserves". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]