The Irish novelist and playwright on the positives of ageing, his struggles with depression and a golden age of Irish writingSebastian Barry, 68, is the author of 11 novels and 15 plays. Five of his books have been long- or shortlisted for the Booker prize, and his novels have won numerous... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-10 18:00:48 UTC ]
The successor to the Costa Book Awards, the new Nero Book Awards announce several winners ahead of the Nero Gold Prize book of the year. The post The UK’s New Nero Book Awards Name Their First Category Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-01-30 22:52:15 UTC ]
The new Nero Book Awards is a very similar contest to the Costa Book Awards, which bowed out after 50 years in June 2022. The post Another Cup of Coffee: The UK’s Nero Book Awards’ Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-12-12 19:02:27 UTC ]
‘She saw and felt things us ordinary mortals missed,’ her agent says of Booker prize-winning author who died on Thursday• Hilary Mantel remembered: ‘She was the queen of literature’• ‘The pen is in our hands. A happy ending is ours to write’: Hilary Mantel in her own wordsThe Booker... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-09-23 11:29:23 UTC ]
After 50 years, the prize has been scrapped. How did it change Britain’s literary landscape? And what happened at the awards when Margaret Drabble was seated next to Theresa May?Margaret Drabble was a bright young star with five novels to her name in 1971, when she was talked into joining her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-06-23 05:00:38 UTC ]
Taking many in the British publishing community by surprise, Costa Book Awards is discontinuing its long-running program. The post In England, Costa Book Awards Is Closing After 50 Years appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-06-10 19:12:26 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 ]
The Costa Book Awards, which was founded in 1971 and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2005, is no more. Today, Costa Coffee announced that the 2021 Costa Book Awards, held in February 2022, would be the last iteration of the prizes. “We are incredibly proud to have played a part in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-10 12:34:21 UTC ]
The 50-year-old Costa Book Awards' 2021 cycle has chosen a book of sonnets called 'The Kids' by Hannah Lowe as its top honor. The post In London, Poet Hannah Lowe Wins the Costa Book of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-02-02 01:18:04 UTC ]
The Costa Book Awards program, in its 50th year, names winners in five categories: first novel, novel, biography, poetry, children's books. The post In London, Costa Book Awards Names Its Category Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-01-05 00:15:29 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has dominated the Costa Book Awards 2021 category winners, with two Viking authors among the victors—Caleb Azumah Nelson and John Preston—along with Fig Tree's Claire Fuller and Manjeet Mann, with only Bloodaxe Books' Hannah Lowe preventing a clean sweep. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-04 12:23:06 UTC ]
BBC News journalist and broadcaster Reeta Chakrabarti is to chair the panel of judges selecting the Costa Book of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 21:51:05 UTC ]
With the 'book of the year' winner to be announced on February 1, the Costa Book Awards will name its 2021 winner in 2022. The post The United Kingdom’s Costa Book Awards Name Five Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-23 19:51:12 UTC ]
Novelist Jessie Burton and children's book author Smriti Halls are among the judges confirmed for the 2021 Costa Book Awards, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 23:06:55 UTC ]
Peepal Tree Press is behind the dark, magical realist novel that scooped the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year last week, with The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey putting a new spotlight on a small publisher that has consistently supported international Caribbean writing for 35 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-04 21:20:53 UTC ]
Monique Roffey has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award for her “utterly original” sixth novel, The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story, published by independent Peepal Tree Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-26 22:02:30 UTC ]
MY DARLING FROM THE LIONS, Rachel Long’s debut poetry collection that was recently shortlisted for the UK’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Costa Book Award for Poetry, is a gathering of reflections and distortions, deciphering the various ways the self is molded by internal and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2021-01-17 18:00:05 UTC ]
Three writers who work in literature and screenwriting are behind the shortlisted trio of works in the Costa honors' 2020 cycle. The post Costa Book Awards Names Its Three Short Story Finalists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-13 22:04:22 UTC ]
The five category winners of the 2020 Costa Book Awards are announced, with the 'book of the year' honor to come later this month. The post UK: The 49th Costa Book Awards Name Category Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-05 13:59:16 UTC ]
Indies dominate the Costa Book Awards 2020 category winners, with two Faber & Faber authors among the victors—Natasha Farrant and Ingrid Persaud—along with Monique Roffey, Lee Lawrence, and the late Eavan Boland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-04 11:53:28 UTC ]