We seek inspiration, consolation – and the unvarnished truth. And we know that all the best stories are trueCaroline Knox is director of the Boswell book festivalMy love affair with biography began aged nine, when my subscription book club sent me a compendium of “true life” adventure stories.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-05-09 08:00:15 UTC ]
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Pico Iyer, the author of The Half Known Life: In Search... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-01-06 09:52:43 UTC ]
Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, travel writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-06 14:51:57 UTC ]
Canongate has landed James Crawford's The Edge of the Plain, a blend of history, travel writing and reportage tracing the evolution and cultural significance of land borders. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 20:30:23 UTC ]
Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, travel writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-19 15:00:26 UTC ]
News and Events Photo by Wendy Call / www.wendycall.com Deadline for Applications: Thursday, January 7, 2021 Call for Applications: Two series co-editors, one with expertise in Asian literatures and one with expertise in Middle Eastern and/or... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-12-09 14:16:34 UTC ]
Authors including Sharlene Teo (Ponti, Picador) Sayaka Murata (Convenience Store Woman, Granta) and Levison Wood (Arabia, Hodder) have been shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, recognising the best travel writing in the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Both Hilary Bradt, founder of Bradt Travel Guides, and Adrian Phillips, the company’s current m.d., have been honoured for their travel writing and services to the travel industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ex-soldier and novelist Jan Morris CBE has been recognised for her outsanding contribution to travel writing by The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, while Kapka Kassabova was honoured with the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year for Border (Granta). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forty-three titles have been shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, which celebrate the "broad scope" of travel writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amy Liptrot’s debut and memoir The Outrun (Canongate) has been named the winner of the £5,000 Wainwright Golden Beer Prize 2016, an award celebrating UK nature and travel writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Palin, Bill Bryson and William Dalrymple are just some of the names already nominated for the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
An exploration of the landscape around a remote Cornish farmhouse, a study of the role of lemons in the Italian cultural landscape, and an account of life below deck on giant container ships are among the books shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year shortlist. Stanfords... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Farmer and writer John Lewis-Stempel has won the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015 for Meadowland: the Private Life of an English Field (Black Swan). Worth £5,000, the annual book prize is awarded by publisher Frances Lincoln, in association with the National Trust, to highlight the best books in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stanfords is relaunching the Dolman Travel Book of the Year prize, doubling its prize money, and creating a new award for travel writing. From 2015, the renamed Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year award will carry a prize fund of £5,000. The revamped awards will also include the Edward... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 03/08/2011 - 14:05 The British Library has launched an iPad app allowing subscribers to browse 45,000 books from its 19th century historical collection. Subscription costs £1.99 per month and users can explore books from the likes of classic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]