In 2019, Kensington expands its commitment to publishing novels that celebrate Southern heritage and also boldly face the past. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by Hay Festival founder Peter Florence, the 2019 Man Booker Prize jury features a pianist and composer, a filmmaker, a broadcaster and a publisher. The post Man Booker Prize for Fiction Announces Its 2019 Jury appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rick Bragg's 'The Best Cook in the World' and 'Enlightenment Now' by Steven Pinker were two of our favorites for this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) has won the five-way auction for Dougie Poynter’s non-fiction in a two book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize has returned for a second year, newly expanded, with partners across the world and a new residency in Andalucia. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books from Granta, Hodder & Stoughton and Pan Macmillan have been unveiled as Foyles’ Books of the Year, with Convenience Store Woman by Japanese author Sayaka Murata taking the fiction crown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperNonFiction will publish Happily Imperfect about facing "unrealistic societal pressures and unfair labels", by TV personality, singer and presenter Stacey Solomon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
This is the second year of operation for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, which stresses fiction that has social impact, work specifically addressing contemporary issues. The post Aspen Words Prize Longlist of 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 69th National Book Awards took place in New York last night, emphasising the importance of translation and open borders. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After entering the fiction market in 2005 with the launch of its Pyr science fiction imprint, Prometheus has sold that imprint and another one to return to its original focus: nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books rose 1.3% in the week ended Nov. 3, 2018, over the comparable week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Serbian poet and novelist Jelena Lengold and Romanian writer Ioana Pârvulescu are among the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature's short fiction competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Global TV production company Fremantle has become a sponsor of the Women’s Prize for Fiction for 2019, as the award transforms into a charity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
West London-based literary agency Janklow & Nesbit has been one of the progenitors of the "brainy non-fiction" trend of recent vintage, with a number of big books and deals coming from the Will Francis-led outfit. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s books newsletter from the L.A. Times. I’m Carolyn Kellogg, our books editor, with the word on some fascinating new books. THE BIG REVIEW What was it like to start out in the punk rock scene, be fascinated by the birth of hip-hop and wind up superstars?... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are various theories why sales dropped 16% between 2013 and 2017. None quite provide a full answer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Orwell Foundation will next month launch a prize to celebrate novels or short stories that illuminate social and political themes through the art of narrative. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
University of East Anglia creative writing student Femi Kayode has won the £3,000 Little, Brown Award for crime fiction for the manuscript for his "shocking and emotional story", Lightseekers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Germany, Turning Point, the finale of Carmen Korn’s Century Trilogy, a historical series about four women in the 20th century, topped the fiction bestseller list in September, and prolific mystery novelist Charlotte Link was in second with The Search, about a missing teen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Citing continuing poor sales, Llewellyn Worldwide, best known for its mind/body/spirit offerings, is shutting down its crime fiction imprint, Midnight Ink, in August 2019, after releasing its final list during the spring/summer season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]