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 ]
Ten books have been shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award, the only national... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Superworm, Julia Donaldson's tale of a resourceful worm and The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey's novel about an alien invasion, are among the 10 books shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new book award has been founded in the US to reward military history titles. The Guggenheim-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the best, new self-published titles of March and April is The Beach at Herculaneum by Susan G. Muth, only the second title to win a BlueInk Best Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The organisers of new book award the Literature Prize announce it has found a sponsor and will hand out its first accolade in 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-12-11 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 ]
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 ]
Erotic tale earns nomination for the National Book Award, while another surprisingly sexy tale is also making waves in Britain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mumbai's slums, the Iraq war and the fall of Colonel Gaddafi are among the subjects covered by the five titles up for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was an upbeat annual conference for the American Library Association in Anaheim, Calif., highlighted by the awarding of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the ALA’s first-ever book award for adult fiction and nonfiction. But with the release of a new Pew report and a pilot project... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social network Anobii is the new title sponsor of the Edinburgh International Book Festival's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The only non-fiction title shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award has taken home the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 08:15 Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English (Bloomsbury) has made the shortlist of the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award, equaling its achievement on the Man Booker Prize this year, with Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 08:12 Stephen Kelman's Pigeon English (Bloomsbury) has made the shortlist of the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award, equaling its achievement on the Man Booker Prize this year, with Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 11/11/2011 - 07:30 Return to Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) has been awarded the Guardian Children's Book Award, beating off shortlisted titles including David Almond's My Name is Mina and Simon Mason's Moon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 14:45 Sarah Winmans debut When God Was a Rabbit (Headline Review) has won the 2011 Edinburgh International Book Festivals Newton First Book Award. The award encourages attendees of the festival to vote for their favourite of the 47... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 14:13 Debut author Jason Wallace has won the Branford Boase award for his novel, Out of Shadows (Andersen Press), which has previously also won the Costa Children's Book Award. The award, which recognises debut authors, is shared by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 25/05/2011 - 09:20 Two titles picked for BBC2s "Culture Show" special on debut novelists, broadcast in March, have made it to the shortlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011. Ned Beaumans Boxer Beetle (Sceptre), also shortlisted for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]