Viking is publishing a new book by presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two previously longlisted authors and one twice-shortlisted writer, Kamila Shamsie, are on this year's Women's Prize for Fiction longlist of 16 novels. The winner takes home £30,000 and a bronze figurine, the 'Bessie.' The post Six Debut Novelists Are on the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eight authors, including British non-fiction writers Sarah Bakewell and Olivia Laing, have each been recognised with an award of $165,000 (£118,775) from the Windham-Campbell Prize to support their writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six debut authors, including bookseller Fiona Mozley, Gail Honeyman and Imogen Hermes Gowar, have been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber & Faber has three books on the shortlist for this year’s £1,000 Penderyn Music Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's debut novel was initially rejected by British publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three novels have been unveiled as the finalists of the inaugural EBRD Literature Prize, including a Croatian book from Quercus, a Saqi title translated from Turkish and a Russian novel from Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
CrimeFest has withdrawn its offer to host the winner of the recently-launched Staunch Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four novels that "directly confront and ask questions of both the world and the reader" have been selected as the fiction finalists at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for the sixth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize. The winner in each of our categories will be announced March 30. Each winner will receive $1,000. The nominees were selected by Slate’s Jacob Brogan, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Pullman is in the running for the YA Book Prize 2018 alongside previous winners Sarah Crossan and Patrice Lawrence, and début author M A Bennett. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The late writer Helen Dunmore, US novelist Jennifer Egan and 29-year-old writer Natasha Pulley are all vying for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, with entries up 40% from last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Women’s Prize for Fiction has revealed that three partners - Baileys, Deloitte and NatWest - will be supporting the 2018 award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Strout was awarded The Story Prize and a $20,000 cash prize for her acclaimed short story collection 'Anything Is Possible,' at a ceremony at New York's New School. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With one bookstore reporting a 36-percent increase in business in 2017, almost 40 retailers are put into contention for the Independent Bookstore of the Year prize at the British Book Awards, the Nibbies. The post Independent Bookstores Vie for British Book Award Honors in Eight Regions appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A bumper crop of Britain and Ireland’s best independent bookshops are bucking the market trend, achieving double-digit sales rises in 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two debut novels are battling it out on the shortlist for the $50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, including one soon to be published by Oneworld. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kiran Millwood Hargrave have made the cut for the 2018 Jhalak Prize shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are so many literary prizes these days that they could be regarded as an industry in their own right – but they’re needed to change the status quoHow many literary prizes are there in the UK today? To Wikipedia’s tally of around 70, I can immediately add half a dozen more – and still they... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open to UK and Irish publishers, the Republic of Consciousness Prize honors literary fiction produced by small, independent presses with no more than five full-time employees. The post The UK’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses Names its 2018 Shortlist appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]