Three out of the eight books shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Medal are verse novels, while Jon Klassen is in the running to win his second Kate Greenaway Medal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The six books shortlisted for this year’s CLPE Children’s Poetry Award (CLiPPA) showcases the diversity of both the poets and the publishers working with the medium, according to the organiser. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad (Fleet), Philippe Sands’ East West Street (W&N) and Naomi Alderman’s The Power (Viking) are among the books shortlisted across six categories for the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards, curated by booksellers and supported by National Book Tokens. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has two books shortlisted for the £10,000 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has three books shortlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
An exploration of the landscape around a remote Cornish farmhouse, a study of the role of lemons in the Italian cultural landscape, and an account of life below deck on giant container ships are among the books shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year shortlist. Stanfords... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Female authors account for the vast majority of this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize this year, with 15 of the 18 titles written by women (see full shortlists below). The prize is divided into three categories – best illustrated book, best fiction for 5-12s and best book for teens –... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
One collection of short stories and four novels—including Jeet Thayyil’s Narcopolis, winner of the DSC Prize—have been shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]