Foyles has revealed its three Books of the Year, with Baileys Women’s Prize-winner Naomi Alderman taking the fiction crown for The Power (Viking). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nigerian debut novelist Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀ has been shortlisted for the £30,000 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her work Stay With Me (Canongate), alongside Man Booker shortlistee Madeleine Thien and one previous winner of the prize, Linda Grant. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Corsair has acquired Johannesburg by Fiona Melrose for hardback publication in August 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The £30,000 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction has longlisted three former winners of the prize, Eimear McBride, Rose Tremain and Linda Grant, for 2017's award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has taken over the administration of The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction from charity BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa McInerney has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 for The Glorious Heresies (John Murray) following closely on the heels of her Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction win just two weeks ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa McInerney's tale of murder and misfits in post-crash Ireland The Glorious Heresies (John Murray), already shortlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, is also on the shortlist for this year's Desmond Elliott Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is opening its first-ever pop-up "book bar" at Waterstones’ new Tottenham Court Road store from Monday 16th May. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/baileys-renews-women-s-prize-fiction-sponsorship-323395Kate Atkinson and Hanya Yanagihara are among the 20 longlisted authors for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, announced today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
We take a look back at the winners from the past 10 years of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Apprentice judge Margaret Mountford and singer songwriter Tracey Thorn will be on the panel for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is to mark 20 years with two weeks of programming with BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour” and a partnership with Waterstones. The Best of the Best celebration will also include an event on 2nd November at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, with award-winning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Galley Beggar Press is launching a short story competition this weekend. The Norwich-based publisher, which originally published Eimear McBride’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction winner A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, said the competition built on the success of its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House is printing 40,000 paperbacks of Ali Smith’s How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton) following its triumph at the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Smith was named the 20th winner of the prize last night at a ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has launched #ThisBookClub, a campaign to “celebrate the diversity of the modern day book club and the myriad ways that novels can bring people together”. The prize is partnering with fashion retailer Whistles and city bar chain All Bar One to deliver a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 20-strong longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction features five debut novels, alongside an author nominated for her 20th book. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anne Tyler, Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, and five debut novelists including Emma Healey and Sara Taylor are on the longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Meanwhile chair of judges Shami Chakrabarti has told The Bookseller: "Until you can honestly see that women are getting the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker-shortlisted Ali Smith, Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Eimear McBride, and Costa Book of the Year winner Nathan Filer are among the authors vying at the Specsavers National Book Awards this year. Presented in association with high street campaign Books Are My Bag, the awards... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Caroline Casey, Coffee House Press managing director, talks to PW about Eimear McBride's debut novel, "A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing," which recently won this year's Baileys Women's Fiction Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Galley Beggar had the courage to take a chance with an unknown author writing in an unconventional wayIf you hadn't previously heard of Galley Beggar of Norwich, that is hardly surprising. It's a small-scale operation set up by a local bookseller. But Galley Beggar has something which big... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]