Julia Donaldson, Sara Ogilvie, Lemn Sissay, Ingrid Persaud and Jasbinder Bilan have won prizes at the Indie Book Awards, held as part of Independent Bookshop Week's celebrations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-26 13:47:44 UTC ]
Lemn Sissay, Lisa Taddeo and Paul Mendez are among the six-strong shortlist for this year's Gordon Burn Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 14:15:36 UTC ]
Lemn Sissay, Ian Rankin and Tahmima Anam are to lead Bradford Literature Festival, as this year's digital edition releases new events on a daily basis to re-create the festival environment. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 17:10:34 UTC ]
Lemn Sissay, Lisa Taddeo and Paul Mendez have been longlisted for this year's Gordon Burn Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 02:24:37 UTC ]
Lemn Sissay’s account of his childhood in care My Name is Why (Canongate) has been shortlisted for the 2019 Slightly Foxed Best Biography Prize along with Francesca Segal’s story of sitting "vigil" for her premature twins, Mother Ship (Chatto & Windus). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-06 22:27:54 UTC ]
Works by established poets Andrew Motion, Carol Ann Duffy and Lemn Sissay will be recommended for this year’s National Poetry Day alongside insta-poet Charly Cox and children’s poets Rachel Rooney and Joseph Coelho. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Joanna Trollope, Lemn Sissay and Joanne Harris are throwing their weight behind a five day yoga challenge next week, organised by The Society of Authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anne Fine, Philip Gross, Judith Kerr and Lemn Sissay have all joined the Society of Authors as new council members. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]