"There are too many adjectives in publishing already," writes Carla Douglas. An editor based in Kingston, Ontario, Douglas is a frequent participant in our #FutureChat Twitter discussions and an engaging observer of the creative scene in publishing. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Crook's Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill has sponsored a literary award since 2013, and recently increased the prize to $5,000 for the best debut novel about the South. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Hannah Kohler and the writer and film producer Bob Stanley, also a member of the Mercury-nominated pop group Saint Etienne, have been named the joint winners of the 2017 Eccles British Library Writer’s Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of East London is launching a new literary fiction prize for young adults, the CityLife Prize for Fiction for Young Writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In addition to launching the Christian Writers Institute (CWI), a website offering classes for writers in a range of formats, literary agent Steve Laube is now publishing books under a new CWI imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta editorial director Max Porter is among three debut authors shortlisted for The Sunday Times/ Peters Fraser and Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller magazine has published analysis finding a ‘shockingly low’ number of BAME authors in the UK top 500 titles of the yearA writer has more chance of making it into the bestseller charts if their name is David than if they are from an ethnic minority, according to new analysis from... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published writers and digital only publishers will continue to grow their share of the digital content market while traditional publishers over-price ebooks, according to early results of the FutureBook Census, launched ahead of this year’s FutureBook Conference, taking place on 2nd December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Responding to what it says is the "new economy of publishing," the Authors Guild has introduced a new membership level that is "open to all devoted writers actively pursuing publication." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Impress Books has awarded Magdalena McGuire the Impress Prize for New Writers 2016 for her novel, The Shape of Your Song. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From literary fiction to middle-grade series, Singapore’s new literary voices are getting louder, and their works finding new homes far away from the tropical city-state. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five young writers aged 14-19 are shortlisted for this year’s BBC Young Writers’ Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Gottlieb in his Midtown Manhattan townhouse. He has mainly spent his career as an editor but has just published a memoir about his life in the world of books. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Jojo Moyes is offering her cottage to a writer to “kick-start or even finish” their work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New writers will be able to pitch to publishers and agents at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival, which begins this Friday, while others will appear ahead of better known authors as "support acts". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The central organization representing publishers in the U.K. has called on the government to keep barriers to trade "to an absolute minimum" and to publish a clear plan to minimize business uncertainty as it negotiates to leave the European Union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'UK publishing will embrace the opportunities presented by leaving the EU,' according to a Brexit manifesto on the Publishers Association's lobbying points. The post The UK’s Publishers Association Issues a Brexit ‘Manifesto’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad has claimed writers could earn up to $1,000 (£758) a month through its new advertising programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Safran Foer’s first novel for 10 years, Here I Am, finds him seeking a deep communion with his readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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West Auckland's most well-attended literary festival back this year with a fresh line up of local and international writers. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder Press has acquired a story collection and debut novel from Lesley Nneka Arimah, winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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