With March Madness and the Super Bowl recently crowning champions and the Grammys and Oscars awarding music and movies, it’s finally time for the literary world to have its own big moment in the sun. And that can only mean one thing: It’s Pulitzer time! While there are many book awards that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-04-19 11:15:00 UTC ]
Looking at how industry professionals see the dynamics and value of book awards, Nielsen opens a new 10-minute survey. The post Nielsen BookData Opens a Third Annual Industry-Wide Awards Survey appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-18 21:18:55 UTC ]
Coffee company announces ‘difficult decision’ to end the prizes, sparking a chorus of disappointment across the books industryThe Costa book awards, after running for half a century, have been abruptly scrapped. The coffee shop chain has said the 2021 awards, which were announced in February... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-06-10 13:00:18 UTC ]
Winners of an array of children’s literature awards reflect a diversity of perspectives and topics. “The Last Cuentista,” a tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth’s history, won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-01-25 18:02:43 UTC ]
I’ll just say it straight: book awards are ridiculous. They are the garden gnomes of the literary landscape – fun, provocative, but ultimately ornamental. They have no more meritocratic substance than judging jambalaya over jelly at the village fete – it’s all a matter of personal taste. My... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-19 20:01:30 UTC ]
The ALA isn't the only organization that honors the best children's and young adult books of the year. Check out these children's book awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-11-09 11:37:00 UTC ]
Children's titles from Rob Biddulph, Kes Gray and Serena Patel are among the winners of Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards in partnership with BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 18:29:53 UTC ]
‘Tis the season for book awards! Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The National Book Awards, created in 1950, is the most prestigious literary prize in the United States, rewarding quality and cogent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 14:15:20 UTC ]
The 2020 British Book Awards are announcing prize winners in two parts online, the industry awards first, followed by the book awards. The post British Book Awards: Online and Upbeat, a Busy Round of the Nibbies appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-29 16:44:39 UTC ]
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the recipients of its book awards for publishing year 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning Christian titles can often break into the broader market, and publishers are taking notice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Carol Shields Prize is an effort to raise the visibility of women writers, in part with a sum that far exceeds many other book awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-07 10:00:17 UTC ]
Corrinne Averiss and Rosalind Beardshaw have triumphed at this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards to win the Book of the Year Award for My Pet Star (Hachette Children’s Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 19:52:05 UTC ]
Michelle Obama’s Becoming goes up against Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury at the British Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Eoin Colfer, PJ Lynch, Lisa Thompson and Alex T Smith are shortlisted for this year’s Children’s Book Awards, which are the only national children’s book prizes voted for entirely by children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s and Penguin Random House Children’s picked up two prizes each at this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Jessica Townsend, Matthew Syed and Ed Vere are in the running for this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, held in partnership with BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrator Lane Smith and author Ruta Sepetys, winners of the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway children’s book awards, are to jointly donate £1,000 to North Kensington Library, the closest library to Grenfell Tower. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A change in culture must take place in the way the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards are administered "with no more buck passing", a report has found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Baby and toddler book Where's Mr Lion has been crowned 'book of the year' at the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]