Former refugee Ocean Vuong has won the £25,000 T S Eliot Prize for his “remarkable” debut poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Jonathan Cape). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adam Kay has been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2017 for his junior doctor diaries, This Is Going to Hurt (Picador). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish publishers are now eligible to submit novels for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction from this year onwards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Until now, only Irish publishers who have headquarters in the UK were eligible to submit novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Until now, Irish authors without a UK publisher had been excluded from the coveted prize for literary fictionAn anomaly in the Man Booker prize rules that made books published in Ireland ineligible for the £50,000 award because they were not published in the UK has been removed, after years of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The intent of the eligibility change, according to the Booker Prize Foundation, is to be sure that Irish independent publishers can be recognized as readily as Irish publishers headquartered in the UK. The post Man Booker Prize for Fiction Adds New Eligibility for Irish Publishers appeared first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Book Awards 2018 has launched with the introduction of two new awards for individuals, Author of the Year and Illustrator of the Year, as well as a new category for audiobooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Murray is launching an international non-fiction prize worth £20,000 to mark its 250th anniversary this year. At the same time, publisher Mark Richards has been given new responsibilities to lead the imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
British Book Award organizers have added an Author of the Year and Illustrator of the Year honor to the list of 'Nibbies,' as well as a new audiobook category to the Books of the Year division. The post British Book Awards Announce New Honors for Illustrators, Authors, Audiobooks appeared first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Now in line for the overall Costa Book of the Year award–to be announced January 30–the five Costa category winners include three titles from HarperCollins UK imprints. The post Costa’s Book Award: Five Category Winners in the UK, One To Win Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ahead of special events for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction's half-century anniversary, the foundation releases a desk diary with covers of winning titles. The post The UK’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction Observes Its 50th Anniversary in 2018 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A range of food and drink books from publishers including Bloomsbury, Phaidon and Quiller Publishing have been shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Woolf has won the Biographers’ Club Tony Lothian Prize 2017 for an uncommissioned first biography for his proposed book Queen Victoria’s Freaks: The Performers at Buckingham Palace. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
French author Claude Simon may have won the 1985 Nobel prize for literature, but according to a recent experiment he would not be published today. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The agency, formed by three publishing houses, this year has captured both the 'adult' Finlandia Prize and the junior prize in children's literature. The post Helsinki Literary Agency Authors Win Both the Finlandia Prize and the Junior Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackwell’s has named its Book of the Year as the "inspirational" Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Particular Books) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fêted for her auspicious debut, ‘Conversations With Friends,’ Dubliner Sally Rooney at 26 is tied with Zadie Smith (2001, ‘White Teeth’) for youngest winner of the Sunday Times/PFD prize for emerging authors from the UK and Ireland. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Conversations With Friends' author Dubliner Sally Rooney at 26 wins the Sunday Times/PFD prize for emerging authors from the UK and Ireland. The post Irish Author Sally Rooney Wins the UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Politicians have voted Nick Clegg’s How to Stop Brexit as the best non-fiction by a parliamentarian this year in the Parliamentary Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah has been named chair of the judges for the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]