Titles from independents Faber, Peepal Tree Press, Chicken House and Jacaranda feature on the inaugural shortlist for the Jhalak Prize for a Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, alongside works from PRH's Harvill Secker and Pan Macmillan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Julian Sayarer's book Interstate: Hitchhiking Through the State of a Nation (Arcadia) has been named Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
TV presenter Claudia Winkleman is to join author Cathy Rentzenbrink and Amazon's director of books, Dan Mucha, on the judging panel for children's book award Oscar’s Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sebastian Barry becomes the first novelist to win the prestigious Costa Book of the Year prize twice. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sebastian Barry has been named winner of the Costa Book of the Year for a second time for his novel Days Without End (Faber & Faber), following a unanimous decision by the judges. The book, which follows character Thomas McNulty, who has crossed the Atlantic to rebuild his life, was praised... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sebastian Barry, who has won the Costa Book of the Year for a second time, tells the BBC that he dedicated the prize to his son, but reveals his children don't read his books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK’s answer to the Nobel Prize for Literature – the £40,000 David Cohen Prize - is now being managed by New Writing North. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent is among the dozen books longlisted for the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is seeking a new sponsor after Baileys, which has backed the prize for the past four years, decided not to renew its support in 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Man Booker Prize is unaffected by Tesco’s merger with The Booker Group, its organisers have clarified. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wales Book of the Year is going through a major review in order for it to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Marr is chairing the jury for the 2017 Forward Prizes for Poetry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indies are leading the shortlist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, with five of the six books vying for the £5,000 prize hailing from independent presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jacob Polley has won the £20,000 T S Eliot Prize for poetry for his “firework of a book” Jackself (Picador). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Baillie Gifford Prize winner Philippe Sands has been shortlisted for the 2017 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize, awarded to the best book, whether fiction or non-fiction, to "translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Mike McCormack’s Goldsmiths prize-winning novel Solar Bones (Tramp Press) is one of the eight titles shortlisted for the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses, alongside titles from indies including Freight Books, Galley Beggar Press and Cassava Republic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Having started with 12 titles, the Jhalak Prize Book of the Year longlist stands now at 11 books, its intent to honor writers of color. The post The UK’s Inaugural Jhalak Prize Book of the Year Longlist: Now 11 Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literature Wales is currently reviewing the Wales Book of the Year awards, with a statement on its future expected before the end of the week, the BBC has reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The top prize in this pan-African, award program for debut authors includes the Etisalat Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. The post Stressing ‘an African Sensibility,’ Etisalat Prize Announces Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Griffiths’ Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘brave and brilliant’ works from small publishers unveils contenders for award funded by online raffleA prize designed to reward “brave, bold and brilliant” literature from small presses that raised its purse from crowdfunding has announced its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]