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 ]
'When nativism, populism, and xenophobia are on the march,' the British Academy's Al-Rodhan Prize has timely currency in the 2018 prize year. And US-based booksellers will travel to Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Turin Book Fair on Bookselling Without Borders scholarships. The post Accepting... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading Turkish novelist Elif Shafak and novelist and poet Deborah Levy are among those judging the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The writer and broadcaster Bidisha will chair the jury of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2017 bestseller list was dominated by women, with Margaret Atwood at the top, but the Booker still favours menOn the face of it, the revelation that female writers dominated the UK literary bestseller lists in 2017 might seem cause for celebration, a long-overdue correction that seems... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed its longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2018 prize, including a novel soon to be published by independent UK publisher Oneworld. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
New Zealand author Joy Cowley has been shortlisted for the highest international distinction given to the creators of children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Translators' Association First Translation Prize, set up by writer and translator Daniel Hahn, has revealed its inaugural shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books from The Rolling Stones and "Godfather of Grime" Wiley will compete for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
Chae Strathie and Nicola O’Byrne have won this year’s Bookbug Picture Book Prize, run by Scottish Book Trust and voted for by children. 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, 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]