Six titles ranging from the making of the iPhone to the evolution of financial markets have made it onto The Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cordelia Fine has won The Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, worth £25,000, for her “provocative” book about gender which “debunks” the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus concept and poses an “urgent call for change”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
On this year's longlist, the Scotiabank Giller Prize jury has chosen five books published by independent publishing houses of Canada. The post Almost Half the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist Is From Canadian Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has announced its longlists for the 2017 National Book Awards. The five finalists in each category will be named on October 4, and the winner will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Francesca Sanna has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting newcomer children’s picture book illustration for her tale of a family escaping conflict, inspired by an Italian refugee centre she visited. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize, considered one of the most prestigious fiction awards in the world, was revealed Wednesday. Three American authors made the cut from the longlist: George Saunders, for “Lincoln in the Bardo”; Paul Auster, for his novel “4 3 2 1”; and Emily Fridlund for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Man Booker Prize has announced its shortlist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and it includes books by Paul Auster and George Saunders. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kid Normal authors Greg James and Chris Smith are joining the Blue Peter Book Awards’ judging panel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation on Monday announced the 10 books longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The list includes a previous National Book Award winner, M.T. Anderson; a three-time Newberry honoree, Gary Paulsen; a debut novelist, Ali Benjamin; Angeleno... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Called 'a group of novels grown from tradition but also radical and contemporary,' the 2017 Man Booker Prize shortlist of six books is announced in London. The post The 2017 Man Booker Prize Fiction Shortlist Includes UK, UK-Pakistani, and US Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Denise Mina's The Long Drop (Harvill Secker) has been awarded the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Times Literary Supplement has become the official media partner of The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning September 27, you can read English translations of excerpts from the six shortlisted German Book Prize titles at the 'New Books in German' site. The post €25,000 German Book Prize Shortlist Is Out: Award Coincides With Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Artist and writer Edmund de Waal is to chair the judging panel for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize which celebrates "exceptional books that engage with the topics of health and medicine and the many ways they touch our lives". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Under a Pole Star (Quercus) by Costa-winning author Stef Penney has been awarded the £10,000 2017 Wilbur and Niso Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
French novelist, biographer, director, and screenwriter Emmanuel Carrère has won Guadalajara International Book Fair’s annual Romance Languages Award. The post France’s Emmanuel Carrère Wins Guadalajara Romance Languages Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan features alongside children's publishers Curious Fox and Andersen Press in the Scottish Teenage Book Prize shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Baby and toddler book Where's Mr Lion has been crowned 'book of the year' at the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Traditional as well as language-focused and risk-taking narratives' are included in the longlist for this year's Buch Preis, says jury chair Katja Gasser. The post ‘Bigger, Broader’: The German Book Prize Releases Its 2017 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eimear McBride and Laura Cumming have won Britain’s oldest literary award, the James Tait Black prize, worth £10,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]