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Nominations for the second annual London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards, which are offered in 13 categories, are now open. The post International Awards for a Global Book Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton has been named as the Waterstones Book of the Year. Burton's debut novel, published by Picador, beat a shortlist that also included Man Booker Prize winner The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Samuel Johnson Prize winner H is for Hawk. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, a debut novel inspired by a dollhouse in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, is named Waterstones Book of the Year. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish author Colin Barrett wins the Guardian First Book Award for his debut collection of short stories, Young Skins. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colin Barrett has won the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award for his short story collection Young Skins (Jonathan Cape). It is the third prize to go to the book, which also took the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Criterion Designs is a beautiful book that captures 30 years of iconic movie covers. The post 30 Years of Iconic Criterion Covers Collected in One Beautiful Book appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacqueline Woodson won the young people's literature prize for her book 'Brown Girl Dreaming,' while Louise Glück was the recipient of the poetry award for her work 'Faithful and Virtuous Night.' Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 65th National Book Awards took place in frigid New York last night (19th November), but the literary establishment donned finery and dinner jackets to the Wall Street venue undaunted by the cold. Perseus c.e.o. David Steinberger noted that this was “the largest crowd” he had addressed in his... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 65th annual National Book Awards were held on November 19 at Cipriani Wall Street, in a ceremony emceed by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket). Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short story collection about soldiers struggling in cope with chaos of Iraq war takes top US literary prize, with Ursula K Le Guin honored for lifetime contribution• Redeployment by Phil Klay review – incendiary stories of warA US marines veteran, Phil Klay, has taken home America’s most... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On November 19, five children's and YA authors headed to Cipriani Wall Street for the 65th National Book Awards. Our photographer caught up with the authors (and their editors) who were nominated in the Young People's Literature category, and also captured the winner. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan’s UK and US divisions both won best picture book awards today (19th December) at the Chen Bochui International Children’s Awards in Shanghai, China. The awards took place on the eve of the Shanghai Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) 2014. It is the first year publishers outside China have... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A memoir about brain surgery is among 20 books shortlisted for this year's Costa Book Awards. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2014 National Book Awards were presented Wednesday evening at a ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing by Clive Gifford (Ivy) has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2014. The book, written with consultant Anil Seth and which was described by the judging panel as “both fascinating and fun”, explains how the science of optical illusions... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book about the history of Scottish towns has won £10,000 after being named Saltire Book of the Year. The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment 1740-1820 (Edinburgh University Press), written by historians Bob Harris and Charles McKean of Dundee University, was awarded the top prize at the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century has triumphed at the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Awards. Piketty's book, a nearly 700-page exploration of economic processes that concentrate wealth and build inequalities, was chosen as the winner of the £30,000... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Flanagan's Man Booker Prize winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North is among eight contenders for Waterstones Book of the Year 2014. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lord Browne of Madingley, chairman of the Tate Galleries and a former chief executive of BP, will lead the judging panel for Pushkin House’s 2015 Russian Book Prize. Now in its third year, the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, run in association with Waterstones, awards £5,000 to the best... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kathy Stinson and Dušan Petričić's book 'The Man with the Violin' has won the C$30,000 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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