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 ]
Resurfacing many lesser-known Man Booker Prize for Fiction winners of the past, the Booker Foundation opens a crowdsourced competition to select the best of the best of 50 years. The post Readers to Choose ‘Golden Man Booker Prize’: 50 Years of Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booker Prize Foundation has revealed a new prize to mark its 50th anniversary which will put previous winners across five decades into contention for a one-off award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Frank’s “dazzlingly vivid” family memoir The Mighty Franks (4th Estate) has won the £4,000 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
One female writer is setting up a book prize to reward the best crime novel in which no woman is the victim. Some – inspired by the #MeToo movement – are happy with the initiative, others fear it fails to address tough, real life issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The organisers of the Klaus Flugge Prize for newcomers in children’s book illustration have shortlisted 15 artists for this year’s award, including three who have books out with Walker. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2018 jury for Germany's top literary prize includes literary critics, authors, a bookseller, and a former publisher. The winner will be announced on October 8. The post The German Book Prize Academy Announces Its 2018 Jury in Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The €20,000 EBRD Literature Prize, launched by the British Council and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, has revealed its inaugural shortlist, including titles from Turkey, Croatia, Russia, Albania and Lebanon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some publishing players in the UK are protesting the Man Booker Prize for Fiction's eligibility rules, saying that the Booker should reimpose a 'ban on American writers.' The post Man Booker Prize Pressured to Rescind Its Internationalist Stance appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers have signed a letter urging the Man Booker Prize organisers to reverse their decision to allow US authors to enter, citing concerns it is creating a "homogenised literary future". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
With roughly 25 awards on the list, the British Book Awards–the 'Nibbies'–are selected by a sizable group of industry players who serve as jurors. The deadline for entries in this year's competition is February 9. The post British Book Award Judges Announced as the ‘Nibbies’ Entry Deadline... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ex-soldier and novelist Jan Morris CBE has been recognised for her outsanding contribution to travel writing by The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, while Kapka Kassabova was honoured with the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year for Border (Granta). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
America’s National Book Awards will reportedly expand to recognise works in translation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A letter from 30 industry figures is urging the award to reverse 2014’s inclusion of US authors, in order to avoid a ‘homogenised literary future’Tensions over the decision to allow US authors to enter the Man Booker prize have flared up yet again, with 30 publishers signing a letter urging the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Many in publishing and those disheartened by the xenophobia of the times may cheer the National Book Foundation's decision to add a category for translated literature with what Lisa Lucas calls 'the power to touch us as American readers.' The post The US National Book Award Goes International... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
For a second time in its 46-year life, the Costa Book Award's chief honor is a posthumous award, the jury chair calling Helen Dunmore's 'Inside the Wave' poetry collection 'a modern classic...life affirming and uplifting.' The post Costa Book of the Year Honor Goes to the Late Helen Dunmore... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Dunmore's poetry collection, Inside the Wave, wins 2018's Costa Book of the Year prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Reni Eddo-Lodge are some of the authors in the running for the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, on a longlist of books published mostly by independent presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has established a fifth National Book Award, one for translated works of fiction and nonfiction published in the U.S. The new award will be presented at the 69th National Book Awards this November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Sarah Perry is to chair the judging panel for the 2018 Desmond Elliott Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]