Over 250 writers including Sally Rooney, Jeanette Winterson and George Saunders have thrown their support behind novelist Kamila Shamsie after a German literary prize was rescinded due to her support of an Israel boycott. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 11:12:04 UTC ]
The Once Over The Editors of WLT Fifty years ago this week, Books Abroad editor Ivar Ivask traveled to Menton, Switzerland, to announce the establishment of the Books Abroad International Prize for Literature, the forerunner of the Neustadt Prize, at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-09-13 14:34:18 UTC ]
Celebrated British writer and cultural critic Olivia Laing has been widely praised for her decision to split her James Tate Black award winnings with her fellow shortlisted authors. “I said in Crudo that competition has no place in art and I meant it,” Laing told the gathered crowd upon... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-08-19 15:39:24 UTC ]
The inaugural Primadonna Festival has revealed the judging panel for its literary prize will include author Joanne Harris, Agent of the Year Cathryn Summerhayes and HQ executive publisher Lisa Milton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-07 22:39:11 UTC ]
Already among the world's richest awards for self-published content, Amazon's global literary prizes now include a chance at Amazon Studios development. The post Amazon Literary Prize Finalists To Be Considered for Prime Video appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-03 02:12:27 UTC ]
A number of literary prizes were awarded this week, while independent bookshops across the country celebrated Independent Bookshop Week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-21 09:00:49 UTC ]
Only 5% of authors earn the income Virginia Woolf once argued was needed to work – today around £30,000. Two authors explain what it is like to have success, but no moneyFour years ago, Kerry Hudson had just won a prestigious French literary prize when one late payment left her unable to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-06-19 16:23:43 UTC ]
Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth have won the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies," a coming-of-age novel written by Alharthi and translated from Arabic by Booth. Organizers of the literary prize, given annually to a work of fiction translated into English, made the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-21 22:50:00 UTC ]
This fall the Nobel Prize for Literature will be awarded for both 2018 and 2019, after changes were made to how laureates are chosen in the wake of scandals that forced the literary prize to be cancelled in 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlist for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction was announced today at the El-Hakawati Palestinian National Theatre in East Jerusalem. The IPAF - often referred to as the ‘Arabic Booker’ - is an annual literary prize for prose fiction, which encourages the readership of... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-02-05 16:33:45 UTC ]
Iranian-Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani’s book has been awarded a literary prize. He wrote it on a messaging service. Iranian-Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani didn’t have access to a laptop or typewriter, so he wrote his memoir through texts on WhatsApp. Now his book, No Friend but the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Raising concerns about damage to a 'fragile ecosystem,' authors shortlisted for Québec's Prix littéraire des collégiens objected to the announcement that Amazon had become the prize's main sponsor. The post In Québec, a Literary Prize Is Suspended Over Objections to Amazon Sponsorship appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 'co-authored' novel made a respectable showing in a Japanese award designed for Artificial Intelligence and human collaboration. The post In Japan, Novel by Artificial Intelligence and Humans Vies for Literary Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Neil Griffiths is launching a new literary prize to honor the “small presses producing brilliant and brave literary fiction” in the UK and Ireland. The post For ‘a Vibrant Literary Life’: Neil Griffiths’ Small Press Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning novelist Neil Griffiths is launching a new literary prize to celebrate “small presses producing brilliant and brave literary fiction” in the UK and Ireland - in part because he believes the publishing business model is "terrible". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newsflash: check out which debut authors and their editors have made the list for this literary prize! As any author will tell you, great books are a bit of a team effort – especially their first book – and that’s why the Branford Boase award was launched 15 years ago This award is given every... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kwani? Manuscript Project, a new one-off literary prize for unpublished fiction from African... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]