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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
The Lost Words (Hamish Hamilton) has become the first children’s book to be shortlisted for the £5,000 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Duchess of Cornwall has welcomed winners of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction along with jurors and others to a Buckingham Palace reception as the 'Golden Man Booker' weekend programming begins at Southbank Centre. The post Golden Man Booker Prize Celebrations Open With Buckingham Palace... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika has won the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story “Fanta Blackcurrant”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Publishing Perspectives, and the Frankfurt Book Fair New York will host at seminar on Arabic literature in translation in NYC. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award, PP, and Frankfurt Book Fair NY Hosts Event Celebrating Arabic Literature in Translation appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literature Wales has disputed the BBC's claim that some of the Wales Book of the Year winners have only sold as few as 20 copies, describing the Nielsen data as “misleading”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Postal service company An Post has signed a three year headline sponsorship deal with the Irish Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Minhinnick has won the £4,000 Wales Book of the Year Award for the third time for his “powerful and political” poetry collection published by independent press Carcanet—25 years after first scooping the prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
King Abdullah II of Jordan won the 2018 Templeton Prize for his efforts to establish religious harmony within Islam and between Islam and other religions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Almost half the shortlisted authors for the Welsh Book of the Year awards have sold fewer than 100 copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer, rapper and community activist Darren McGarvey, also known as 'Loki', has won the Orwell Prize for Books for his "heart-rending" debut Poverty Safari (Luath Press). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]