Man Booker longlistee Nicola Barker has won the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize with H(a)ppy (William Heinemann), a novel described as “an embodiment of the defiant and inventive spirit”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barker beats novels by Will Self and Jon McGregor to take home the £10,000 literary prize for her narrative-bending vision of a dystopian futureNicola Barker’s H(a)ppy has won this year’s Goldsmiths prize for “fiction at its most novel”, praised by judges as a work of “vaulting ambition”.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dr Sue Black is to present the FutureBook Awards at this year’s FutureBook Conference, to be held on 1st December in London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the 68th National Book Awards, held at Cipriani New York in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, politics were again front and center in the publishing world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The key event in the US National Book Foundation's annual awards program is the ceremony on Wednesday evening (November 15) in New York City. The post Industry Notes: National Book Award Live Stream Wednesday appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harriet Harman, Nick Clegg and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis are among the writer politicians shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards, voted for by parliamentarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author of Oprah Book Club selection 'Breath, Eyes, Memory,' Haitian-American author Edwidge Denticat has won the 25th Neustadt. The post Edwidge Danticat Named Winner of Neustadt International Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emily Ford has won the £1,000 RSL VS Pritchett Short Story Prize 2017 for her short story "The Hikers". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Simon & Schuster book exploring the human consequences of the General Motors assembly plant closure in an American town has won the £30,000 Business Book of the Year Award 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Feminism Has No Boundaries' is the title of France's Albertine Books festival this week, as Cynthia Nixon is named Naitonal Book Awards host. The post Industry Notes: Cynthia Nixon Hosts US National Book Awards; Albertine Opens Festival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Emmy, Tony, and Grammy award–winning actor, director, and activist will host the 68th National Book Awards on November 15 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Faber & Faber releases are among the expanded shortlist announced this weekend (October 29) for the Irish and UK author 35 or younger. The post The Sunday Times Prize Jury Names Five Young Writers to Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A controversial thesis on inequality, a "myth-shattering" history of Vietnam, and a study of Siberian exile under the Tsars are the finalists for this year's $75,000 (£56,680) Cundill History Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Walliams will be presented with the ‘International Recognition Award’ at this year’s Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards ceremony as the prize announces a search for a new sponsor. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
George Saunders has become the second American author to win the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his first full-length novel, Lincoln in the Bardo (Bloomsbury). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
George Saunders takes the £50,000 purse for his 'Lincoln in the Bardo' published by Random House in the States, by Bloomsbury in the UK. The post George Saunders Wins the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Opening the prize to global competition has been good for its profile, good for US writers - and a problem for novelists here and from the CommonwealthTonight the five judges of the Man Booker prize will announce this year’s winner. It was also the votes of five judges that chose the winners at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Want to win the Man Booker Prize? Kiera O'Brien crunches the numbers to tell you how. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Saunders, the second American to win the £50,000 fiction award, was honored for 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' his first novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The winner of the Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, will be announced Tuesday afternoon, and American author George Saunders is the odds-on favorite to take it home. The Guardian reports that Saunders’ “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a novel about Abraham Lincoln... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]