The Sunday Times/PFD prize for writers aged 18 to 35 opens a new resource, while the Paul Torday Prize will honor a debut novelist decades older. The post Content From a UK Award for Younger Writers, and a Prize for Authors Over 60 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize shortlist has been revealed, with subjects ranging from the Grenfell Tower fire to a historic village plagued by a mysterious smell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Chinese, English, Malay, and Tamil, the Singapore Literature Prizes are conferred every other year in categories of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The Singapore Book Council, announcing the winners tonight, is celebrating its 50th year of service. The post Singapore Book Council,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Glaswegian rapper, commentator and 2018 Orwell Prize-winning author Darren McGarvey has signed a two-book deal with Ebury Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has launched a new prize for debut novelists over the age of 60: The Paul Torday Memorial Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has nearly a clean sweep of titles on the The Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist and York bookseller Fiona Mozley is in the running for the Polari First Book Prize 2018, competing with authors including 23-year-old transgender YouTuber Alex Bertie and historical writer Sarah Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kevin Jared Hosein has won the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for his “uncanny bar story” combining “ideas of civility and ferality”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
This eighth annual prize in legal storytelling, created with Harper Lee's authorization, goes to CE Tobisman for her novel about a potential elder abuse case, the second book in her series about attorney Caroline Auden. The post Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction to CE Tobisman for ‘Proof’;... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Kit de Waal and Kathryn Kettle have paid for more than 150 entries to a writing prize from low-income authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Slavery, ecology, missing persons, inner-city violence, young love, prisons, trauma, and race' all are said to figure into the Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist, as the award starts its second 50 years of competition. The post The 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Longlist Is Announced in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
From July 31 to August 5, IKEA Wembley shoppers in London can book slots in its new Reading Room, featuring books on the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist. And they'll get to take their book home free of charge. The post IKEA and the Man Booker Prize Create Reading Rooms With Free Books... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Historian Bettany Hughes has been revealed as the chair of judges for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Along with news of the jurors for the 2019 prize, the organization has has announced that more than 10,000 copies of 'Flights' were sold in the week following May's naming of this year's winner of the Man Booker International Prize. The post Man Booker International Prize Jurors Named;... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The coming together of the United States' two PEN chapters has given the organization a chance to refocus its Bingham Prize for debut short stories, and it will be awarded in February. The post PEN America Announces Refocused Short Story Debut Award, the Bingham Prize appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oneworld imprint Rock the Boat has acquired the UK rights to How to Win a Nobel Prize, a middle grade adventure for young scientists, by Nobel Prize winner Barry Marshall. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Ondaatje’s 'The English Patient' has been named the winner of the Golden Man Booker Prize, given to the best work of fiction previously awarded the Man Booker Prize over the last 50 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Capping months of shortlisting and a public vote, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction's 50th anniversary 'Golden Man Booker' best-of-the-best novel has been named. Michael Ondaatje's 'The English Patient' is from the "middle" decade of the prize's five, the 1990s. The post Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient" won the Golden Man Booker Prize, a special award established to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the prestigious British literary prize, on Sunday night. "The English Patient" beat out four other books to claim the award, which was voted on by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and past winners joined the Duchess of Cornwall at a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate 50 years of the Man Booker Prize last night. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]