Penguin is to release a new non-fiction series of classics for the “discerning reader”. The first 10 books in the Penguin Classics’ Pocketbooks series will be released on 6th November, and include Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, Friedrich Neitzche’s Beyond Good and Evil, and Sigmund... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate' has won the C$60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a year in which four publishers closed, paused, or slimmed down their fiction lists, members of the American Christian Fiction Writers held their annual conference Sept. 25-27 in St. Louis to honor their best, talk shop, and see who was still standing, though all agreed there are still... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Works that were nominated include 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson and 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' by Roz Chast for the nonfiction prize as well as 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr and 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel for the fiction award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The list of 10 finalists includes a previous National Book Award winner, two finalists for the award, two Pulitzer Prize winners, and two first time authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among this year's nominees are the first cartoonist to be considered for the prize (Roz Chast), a Pulitzer Prize winner (Edward O. Wilson), and a Tony winner (John Lahr). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The founder of Canada's Scotiabank Giller Prize announced yesterday that the prize purse will double, to C$140,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Start with One Direction and see where they take you your daydreams could snare you a book dealHow to write a bestselling novelHow to write a killer scriptShare pictures of where you writeThis article is a preview from the September issue of the Guardians monthly activities magazine, Do... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2014 Man Booker shortlist shows that “contemporary fiction is of the moment”,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Abingdon Press is “reassessing and realigning” its Abingdon Fiction and Christian Living programs and has “paused” acquisitions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Patricia Lakin reflects on discovering that her successful children's book, Clarence the Copy Cat, is out of print and what she can do to bring it back. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oneworld has signed two non-fiction titles for publication next year and 2016. Senior... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Natalie Jerome has been promoted to non-fiction publisher at HarperCollins, taking on the role... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann Bisselll has been made publicity director at HarperFiction. Bissell was previously PR... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry's packaging of women's literary fiction in stereotypically girly covers makes great books seem trashy.If you take a look at the cover of Alice Munro's latest Nobel Prize-winning short fiction collection, The View From Castle Rock, you probably wouldn't guess it includes... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even while publishers at the International Christian Retail Show celebrated top books in Christian fiction, publishing programs are being cut back in this crowded category. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since digital publishing is perfect for serializing fiction almost as fast as authors can finish their latest installment, it makes sense that Christian publishers exploring that developing space are also making things up as they go along. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eight writers have been chosen as winners of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, with two... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperFiction has signed a three-book series by Alexandra Brown, all set in the fictional picture... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Everyone is the poorer for publishers' widespread assumption that nobody wants to read about this part of societyI have spent the last 25 years selling and then publishing books, so I read with interest Melvyn Bragg's recent comments on working-class characters in fiction being stereotyped and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]