The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field has been named the winner of Oscar’s Book Prize 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waikato author Catherine Chidgey was the big winner at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has two books shortlisted for the £10,000 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elif Shafak and Lucy Hughes-Hallett are named judges in London; the public is one of five judges in the Alabama-based Harper Lee Prize. The post Competition Notes: Sunday Times Prize Judges, Harper Lee Legal Fiction Prize Finalists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alice Curry, founder and publisher of Lantana Press, has been awarded the 2017 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize for being a "great role model for future generations starting out in publishing". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiona McFarlane’s “unforgettable collection of stunning short stories” has been named as winner of the £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a "hotly contested" auction, Cornerstone has acquired a book of strange-but-true trivia authored by the "QI elves" behind weekly podcast "No Such Thing As A Fish". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Capturing one of the richest purses for young writers, Australian Fiona McFarlane wins the Dylan Thomas for work called 'stunning' and 'unforgettable.' The post Australian Fiona McFarlane’s ‘The High Places’ Wins Wales’ Dylan Thomas Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Francis Spufford has won the Royal Society of Literature’s £10,000 Ondaatje Prize for his debut novel Golden Hill (Faber). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The combination of the UK's leading book industry awards with the 'Nibbies' produces The Bookseller's broad picture of a robust and busy books community. The post British Book Awards 2017: The ‘Nibbies’ Honor Literature and Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
JK Rowling says she's 'thrilled' to pick up an outstanding contribution award to add to her collection of literary accolades. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan and Waterstones are two of the biggest winners at this year's British Book Awards, aka The Nibbies, after being crowned Publisher of the Year and Book Retailer of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent (Serpent’s Tail) has won the British Book Awards accolade of Book of the Year, beating off strong competition from 36 shortlisted titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Perry crowns a much-garlanded year for her gothic romp, honoured alongside authors including Kiran Millwood Hargrave and JK RowlingTwo word-of-mouth bookselling success stories – Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent and Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s young adult book The Girl of Ink and Stars... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal (Viking), which was recently optioned by Lenny Henry's production company for television, has been shortlisted for 2017's £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Wales Book of the Year awards are to go ahead this year, following a review by administrator Literature Wales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Romeo Oriogun from Nigeria has won 2017's £3,000 Brunel International African Poetry Prize for his "complex and ultimately beautiful" writing on masculinity, sexuality and desire in the face of LGBT criminalisation and persecution. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Conservative MP Philip Davies complained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) that the Jhalak Prize unlawfully discriminated against white people, it has emerged. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The student shortlistees for the fifth Batsford Prize have been announced today, with 28 undergraduates and postgraduates at UK institutions contesting awards for Applied/Fine Art, Fashion, Illustration and, new for this year, Children’s Illustration. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC 6Music DJ Lauren Laverne is set to host this year’s British Book Awards, taking place on 8th May in a lavish ceremony at Grosvenor House in London’s Park Lane. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]