The Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize are to merge to create one annual award for a work of literary fiction translated into English. Jonathan Taylor, chair of the Man Booker Foundation, said at a press conference this morning (7th July) that the Man Booker International Prize used to lose momentum in the years it was not awarded, as it was given every two years. He also said it was difficult to understand, being awarded for a body of work rather than an individual title. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The annual award, given by Barcelona-based publisher Editorial Anagrama, was shared by two authors this year—Xita Rubert (l.) and Cynthia Rimsky—for only the second time in its history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Eric Adams stood alone in City Hall on Tuesday and tried to project confidence in his imperiled mayoralty as he answered in-depth questions for the first time since his federal corruption indictment.Adams was not seated at a table surrounded by his usual phalanx of deputy mayors, and instead... Continue reading at Crains New York
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City Council members signaled that they may reject Mayor Eric Adams’ pick to be the city’s top lawyer as they laid into the nominee, Randy Mastro, during a tense confirmation hearing on Tuesday that was ongoing as of midafternoon.Mastro, a prominent and accomplished attorney, faced hours of... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Attention all writers who write about writing (or painting, or dancing, or music…): the Interlochen Center for the Arts and The Pattis Family Foundation have established a new annual award that seeks to recognize “outstanding works of fiction or nonfiction” that “inspire, illuminate, or... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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At a press conference on Thursday, 2024 Guest of Honor Italy previewed its Frankfurt Book Fair plans featuring 120 authors and artists. The post Frankfurt: 2024 Guest of Honor Italy Presents Plans appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Back in 2021, the New York Police Department (NYPD) cancelled a planned deployment of the Spot robot dog [aka "Digidog"] following a public backlash. Now, New York City's current law and order mayor Eric Adams has brought the robot dog back for use in "hazardous situations," The New York Times... Continue reading at Engadget
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Today, the Gotham Book Prize, an annual award that began during the first year of the pandemic to honor and support the best writing about New York City, announced its eleven 2023 finalists. “There’s no other city that has the diversity, vibrancy, and culture of New York, and the Gotham Book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Last year, when New York City was the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in America, Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson decided to create a new annual award, the Gotham Book Prize, as part of an effort to “honor New York City and support the novelists who best captured the spirit of our city,” as... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Today, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, in collaboration with Bailey’s and Nat West, announced the longlist for its annual award, which recognizes and honors a female author of any nationality for the best novel written in English published in the United Kingdom in the previous year. The winner... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Television presenter and musician wins £1,000 prize for writers of colour, with ‘exceptionally thoughtful’ debut AfropeanExtract from Afropean: ‘It really was another world’Johny Pitts has won the Jhalak prize for his debut book Afropean, an examination of life in black communities across... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Yesterday afternoon, amid a busy news Sunday on multiple fronts, the basketball legend Kobe Bryant died in California, and our media took a sharp collective breath. Bryant, who was 41, was killed in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, close to LA. Eight other people died, including Bryant’s... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
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In a press conference in London earlier today, embattled-but-unbowed leader of the British Labour Party, lifelong democratic socialist, and absolute boy Jeremy Corbyn revealed a dossier proving that the US is demanding that Britain’s National Health Service (a remarkable civic institution born... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has given its annual Award for Innovation in Publishing to platform scite. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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PW Star Watch has selected five finalists from the 50 honorees selected for its fifth annual award. One “Superstar” will be named at the PW Star Watch celebratory event on Wednesday, September 18. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Oz’s first novel in a decade joins Kadare’s gruesome Ottoman tale in ‘ferociously intelligent’ selection – but one with very few womenA Chinese satire of communism, a retelling of the Robin Hood myth set in the Republic of Congo and a coming-of-age tale in a still-divided Jerusalem are among 13... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau elevated its fight against ad blockers on Tuesday, with President-CEO Randall Rothenberg renewing what he called his "cri de coeur" against the practice and showcasing small publishers being hurt by the practice. The organization also said it was taking new... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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The Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize are to merge to create one annual award for a work of literary fiction translated into English. Jonathan Taylor, chair of the Man Booker Foundation, said at a press conference this morning (7th July) that the Man... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Granta owner Sigrid Rausing has been shortlisted for the 2015 RSL Ondaatje Prize for her book Everything is Wonderful (Grove Press), alongside authors including Helen Dunmore and Elif Shafak. The annual award of £10,000 is given for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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At a press conference at this week's London Book Fair (14th April), Brian May revealed that he will publish a new book of 3-D Queen photos, Queen in 3-D (Autumn 2016), via his own publishing imprint, the London Stereoscopic Company (LSC). Only a handful of the photographs included in the book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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