Donal Ryan’s The Spinning Heart (Doubleday Ireland) has tonight (28th November) been named... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Garth Risk Hallberg's City on Fire described by publisher as 'best American novel I've ever read'Fresh from selling film rights to Scott Rudin and signing a $2m publishing deal in the US, the novelist Garth Risk Hallberg has struck a "substantial" six-figure deal with Jonathan Cape in the UK for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers in 36 countries snap up book about modern witches in Britain by Sally Green, who only began writing three years agoAfter JK Rowling's wizards and Stephenie Meyer's vampires, publishers and producers have now been spellbound by a first novel about witches written by a former... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut novelist who spent nine years trying to get her first book published is rewarded for her persistence with a £10,000 literary prize for original fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh author Angela Jackson is named the winner of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angela Jackson has won the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award, sponsored... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Muse pulls from Galassi's own life and follows a book editor who, Knopf explained, "is caught in the middle of the decades-long rivalry between two publishing lions over the work of a beautiful, iconic female poet." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alan Watt, who edited the anthology 'My First Novel,' invited 25 writers to contribute recollections about how they got their start. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vintage imprint Chatto & Windus has scored three nominations for the Guardian First Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Astronaut Chris Hadfield has signed with Little, Brown to publish "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth." The book lands Oct. 29.If astronaut Chris Hadfield can write as well as he can sing a David Bowie song, his upcoming book is going to be good. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's Little A imprint will release novels, memoirs, and story collections, while Day One will focus on short stories and new writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut author who graduated from the celebrated Iowa Writers' Workshop has a seven-figure book deal.HarperCollins announced Wednesday that it will publish Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling, a fantasy trilogy inspired in part by Barack Obama.A person with knowledge of the negotiations said... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The $1.5-million San Antonio library – which will have computers, tablets, and e-readers, but no paper books – will be like 'an Apple store.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
An award-winning ballet dancer and a French opera director are among the debut authors tipped for success in 2013 by book chain Waterstones. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Her 'Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See' follows a bipolar Hollywood studio executive in three parts of his unstable life.Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former soldier Kevin Powers has won the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award for novel The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Kevin Powers wins the Guardian First Book Award for his 'unforgettable first novel' The Yellow Birds Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has acquired a "powerful first novel" by clinical psychologist S L Lewis,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kerry Hudson's debut for Chatto has scored a second prize shortlisting in a week, with a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Broadcaster Simon Mayo is longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal literary award for his first novel, Itch. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]