The Costa Book Awards, inaugurated in 1971, are a set of annual literary awards, which recognize and honor British and Irish writers of the English language. The Award comes with £5,000, and the winner from each category will be announced on January 4th. This year, Evan Boland’s posthumous... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-25 16:01:53 UTC ]
Twenty writers from the United Kingdom and Ireland have been chosen from an initial pool of 708 Costa Book Award entries. The post The Costa Book Awards Program Announces Its 2020 Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-25 14:14:19 UTC ]
Susanna Clarke, Julian Barnes and Meg Rossoff are joined by 10 debut authors in the shortlists for this year's Costa Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-24 05:20:33 UTC ]
Costa Coffee has appointed Amanda Johnson as the new director of the Costa Book Awards, succeeding Bud McLintock, who stepped down from the role after 25 years in February. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 13:23:03 UTC ]
Book Reviews Natalia Lomaia Left: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal in Normal People (2020) / Courtesy of IMDB Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel is a meticulous observation, or even a study, of how one human being can have immense, intense power over another.... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-04-23 13:18:03 UTC ]
Sara Collins has won the Costa First Novel Award for her gothic romance, The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Viking), in a stellar year for début authors after three out of the five award categories were won by first-time writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-06 21:35:49 UTC ]
With a total purse of £60,000 (US$79,000), the Costa Book Awards' first winners are in the five categories. One of this group will be named the overall winner on January 28. The post Costa Book Awards Names Its 2019 Category Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-01-06 19:30:25 UTC ]
Candice Carty-Williams, Malorie Blackman and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan are among the 20 authors shortlisted for this year’s Costa Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-26 21:14:59 UTC ]
Katharine Viner congratulates ‘wonderful’ arts writer who is already a vital contributor to the paperArifa Akbar has been appointed as the Guardian’s chief theatre critic. Akbar, who will take up the role in the new year, said she was “honoured, utterly thrilled and immensely excited” by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-11-08 10:52:21 UTC ]
Booksellers from WH Smith, Waterstones, Sam Read Books, Libreria and West End Lane Books are to join judging panels for The Costa Book Awards 2019. The booksellers will select shortlists and decide the winners across five categories, in a year which sees the highest number of submissions to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 00:41:12 UTC ]
Interviews Carolyne Larrington Audible’s new fiction podcast, Hag, launching August 29, features eight reimaginings of traditional British folktales by eight contemporary female writers, with folktales chosen from across the UK. The collection will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-08-30 14:21:50 UTC ]
The Costa Book of the Year prize goes to its biography category winner, a tale of the Dutch Nazi resistance by Bart van Es. The post Bart van Es’ Biography ‘The Cut Out Girl’ Named Costa Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bart van Es wrote about a Jewish girl who was sheltered by his grandparents during World War Two. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The acclaimed young Irish author Sally Rooney is the winner of the 2018 Costa Book Prize in the novel category. The overall Costa Book of the Year is to be named January 29. The post Ireland’s Sally Rooney Leads Costa Prize Category Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The late Helen Dunmore has been awarded the Costa Book of the Year award posthumously for her "life affirming" 10th and final collection, Inside the Wave (Bloodaxe Books), which was written while she was dying from cancer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
For a second time in its 46-year life, the Costa Book Award's chief honor is a posthumous award, the jury chair calling Helen Dunmore's 'Inside the Wave' poetry collection 'a modern classic...life affirming and uplifting.' The post Costa Book of the Year Honor Goes to the Late Helen Dunmore... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Dunmore's poetry collection, Inside the Wave, wins 2018's Costa Book of the Year prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Now in line for the overall Costa Book of the Year award–to be announced January 30–the five Costa category winners include three titles from HarperCollins UK imprints. The post Costa’s Book Award: Five Category Winners in the UK, One To Win Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dunmore wins poetry category, while Jon McGregor takes best novel prize for Reservoir 13 and Gail Honeyman’s bestselling debut Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine lands first novel awardThe poet Helen Dunmore is in the running to become the second posthumous winner of the Costa book of the year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of venerable press says his sector has important role in the defence of free speech and champions the revival of literary fiction and traditional booksFaber & Faber’s chief executive has called for publishers to oppose crackdowns on free speech and the rise of so-called fake news.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]