Money raised by the participating indie bookstores, small presses, and other literary organizations participating in this past weekend's fundraising campaign will benefit the refugee aid nonprofit RAICES. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlists for this year’s Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced, featuring a host of titles published by small presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) has announced the 12 shortlists for its annual awards, with five small presses up for at least two prizes and 10 featuring for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Galley Beggar Press and CB Editions have both won this year’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses, as its founder announced the contest would no longer be restricted to just one winner. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Republic of Consciousness prize honours Will Eaves and Alex Pheby, but says awards make us wrongly consider a sole winner ‘the best’A novel about James Joyce’s troubled daughter, Lucia, and a reimagining of the chemical castration of Alan Turing have been named the joint winners of the Republic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novels dominate this year’s shortlist for the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
'An incredibly strong list of more than 50 submissions' has been winnowed to the area shortlists for the British Book Awards' new small-press category. The post New at the British Book Awards: 41 Contenders in Small Presses appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forty-one small presses have made it into the regional and country shortlists of The British Book Awards’ new prize for Small Presses, sponsored by the CPI Group, launched to celebrate the innovative and nimble publishers making names for themselves outside the mainstream. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The annual British Book Awards, with winners to be announced May 13, are widening their recognition of independent publishers and of nonfiction and illustrated work in children's books. The post British Book Awards Expanded for 2019 in Children’s Books, Small Presses appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sixty-eight small presses will be descending on Central London's Conway Hall in the second week of November, for the 17th edition of the Small Publishers' Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is moving into its third year with a major new sponsor, the University of East Anglia (UEA), whose MA Creative Writing students will also have a single bloc vote on the 2019 Prize judging panel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
This is the second year of operation for Germany's Buchtrailer Awards and the third year for the UK's Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses. Both niche programs have opened for submissions. The post Industry Notes: Germany’s Buchtrailer Awards and the UK’s Republic of Consciousness... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hackney-based independent publisher Influx Press has won the 2018 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses for its title Attrib. and Other Stories by Eley Williams. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Times Literary Supplement has become the official media partner of The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Ohio-based literary press is opening a bookstore/cafe/bar in its new headquarters in Columbus's South Side neighborhood. The new store will sell Two Dollar Radio's titles, as well as books published by other small presses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Counternarratives by John Keene (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses, for its "once in a generation achievement for short form fiction". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish author Mike McCormack’s Goldsmiths prize-winning novel Solar Bones (Tramp Press) is one of the eight titles shortlisted for the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses, alongside titles from indies including Freight Books, Galley Beggar Press and Cassava Republic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Griffiths’ Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘brave and brilliant’ works from small publishers unveils contenders for award funded by online raffleA prize designed to reward “brave, bold and brilliant” literature from small presses that raised its purse from crowdfunding has announced its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish publishers Tramp Press and New Island are among the small presses that have been longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Small presses, libraries and independents are all under threat. No one wants to hear their child ask: ‘What’s a bookshop?’On Saturday it is Bookshop Day. My heart always sinks a little when I hear that a day has been set aside to celebrate something I love: it too often feels like being put on a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]