Two decades ago, Arundhati Roy released her first novel, The God of Small Things. The response was pretty much everything an author could hope for from a debut. (It was a huge best-seller and won the Booker Prize.) But in the past 20 years, Roy has followed a different path than one might have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperNonFiction has launched an eight-part podcast for a new sports book called The Mixer by journalist Michael Cox. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Women's Prize for Fiction has announced it is adopting a new, collective sponsorship model instead of a single headline sponsor going forward. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lucy Cavendish College, part of the University of Cambridge, has named the 2017 winner of its fiction prize as Sarah Ward, with her novel Resurrection, Port Glasgow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Goldsboro Books has launched a new £2,000 prize for “compelling” contemporary fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dame Hilary Mantel is to give a series of lectures around the UK which will be broadcast by BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite recent challenges, the category keeps drawing in publishers—and readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers is publishing a new book with HarperCollins at the end of this year and has signed a new two-book deal with the publisher for future publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, total unit sales were 8% higher in the week ended May 14, 2017, than in the comparable week last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 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 ]
Unit sales of print books fell 3% in the week ended May 7, 2017, compared to the similar week in 2016, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime writer and police psychologist Emma Kavanagh has signed a three book deal with Orion Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsury has signed a "major" work of non-fiction entitled The Growth Delusion by David Pilling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Small Death (Dar Al Saqi) by Mohammed Hasan Alwan has won the 10th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the Scandi noir boom, dark tales from British authors are making waves abroad. Publishers, agents and authors take up the caseWhen ex-paramedic Daniel Cole signed with agent Sue Armstrong, he was “delighted”. When Armstrong bagged him a six-figure, three-book deal from a British publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Total book sales including physical and digital books rose 6% to £3.5bn, propped up by non-fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown imprint Sphere has acquired The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green from Hachette Australia. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reissues aim to restore her darker stories of village intrigue for grownups to the popularity they once enjoyedRichmal Crompton has long been overshadowed by her creation Just William, but the darker side of her imagination is set to be rediscovered, with several of her lesser-known adult novels... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Colson Whitehead won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction Monday for “The Underground Railroad.” It caps a sweep of accolades that the book has received since its publication by Doubleday in August 2016, including winning the National Book Award in November and being selected by Oprah Winfrey for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s no secret that successful people are readers. Reading helps you stay on top of new trends and learn techniques you can use in your career. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett each share their favorite books at the end of the year, and they’re filled with nonfiction titles. But what about... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]