The Folio Prize Foundation, in tandem with its sponsor Rathbone Investment Management, is to launch a mentorships programme for students at literacy charity First Story, with the Folio academicians acting as writing mentors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bill Gates was "super-touched" by a moving tale shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Counternarratives by John Keene (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses, for its "once in a generation achievement for short form fiction". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
First Republic of Consciousness award to honour small presses recognises the London independent for short story collection Counternarratives by John KeeneSet up to reward “brave, bold and brilliant” small presses for taking risks on “niche fiction”, the inaugural Republic of Consciousness prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Penderyn Music Book Prize has announced its 2017 shortlist which includes titles from music journalists Hattie Collins, Stuart Cosgrove and David Hepworth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Corsair has acquired Johannesburg by Fiona Melrose for hardback publication in August 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The £30,000 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction has longlisted three former winners of the prize, Eimear McBride, Rose Tremain and Linda Grant, for 2017's award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dave Eggers, Valeria Luiselli, Jacqueline Woodson and Nick Flynn are among those who will be judging the 2017 National Book Awards. The National Book Foundation announced the new roster of 20 judges Monday. They include authors, some whom are previous National Book Award winners and finalists,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
‘Myriad characters fighting fate in their own way,” says YZ Chin, are featured in her story collection honored by Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Changing and Challenging Circumstances’ eminist Press at City University of New... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Corsair is publishing a new novel this year by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan called Manhattan Beach. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three début authors are up against children’s book heavyweights Malorie Blackman and Francesca Simon on the 10-strong YA Book Prize 2017 shortlist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ali Cobby Eckerman and Carolyn Forché are the first poets to be recognised with the $160,000 (£130,000) Windham-Campbell Prizes, alongside six other writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yelena Moskovich has won the Galley Beggar Short Story Prize 2016/17 for “Marlena or Number 16”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the name of the award implies, the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism is dedicated to honoring notable works of non-fiction written by journalists. The winner among the just-announced five finalists, to be revealed May 22, will join a group that... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A record breaking number of submissions has led to the highest ever number of regional shortlisted bookshops at the British Book Awards’ Independent Bookshop of the Year category, sponsored by Gardners Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Costa Book award winners Sebastian Barry and Francis Spufford have been longlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philippe Sands and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen have been chosen as joint winners of the Jewish Quarterly Wingate literary prize (worth £4,000). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Little, Brown chief executive Ursula Mackenzie, Front Row’s Samira Ahmed, television presenter June Sarpong and past Publishers Association c.e.o. Simon Juden are among the judges for the British Book Awards 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The jury for this year's German Book Prize comprises seven jurors who will soon start reading. Deadline for applications: March 29. The post German Book Prize Names 2017 Jury: Nominations Are Ongoing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a time when literary fiction has a chance to illuminate the struggles and needs of many, the leading Arabic fiction prize's shortlist makes the point. The post The International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s Shortlist: Strong on Issues appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]