'When nativism, populism, and xenophobia are on the march,' the British Academy's Al-Rodhan Prize has timely currency in the 2018 prize year. And US-based booksellers will travel to Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Turin Book Fair on Bookselling Without Borders scholarships. The post Accepting Submissions: Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize and Bookselling Without Borders appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goldsboro Books owner David Headley is to launch an international online bookseller next spring, funded by “significant investment” from Headley and his business partner Lee Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joan Bakewell, Sathnam Sanghera, Tessa Hadley, Damian Barr and Frances Balkwill will judge the Wellcome Book Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is to mark 20 years with two weeks of programming with BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour” and a partnership with Waterstones. The Best of the Best celebration will also include an event on 2nd November at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, with award-winning... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two bookstores in New York City are popping up in new locations this week. La Casa Azul is opening inside the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling; Greenlight Bookstore is launching a new spot in Brooklyn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the Goldsmiths Prize 2015 has been revealed today (1st October) with the finalists "embodying the spirit of invention." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of bookstores in Sweden is declining, but those still in business are now getting out of the red, benefitting from poor online competition. The post Swedish Bookselling Stabilizes, as Amazon Stays Away appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winner of the German Book Prize, Germany’s most prestigious literature award, will be chosen from these six shortlisted novels just before the Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Get to Know the 2015 German Book Prize Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is teaming up with the Hay Festival for next year’s YA Book Prize, whose submissions open today. The Bookseller launched the 2016 prize at its children’s conference in London today (29th September), alongside the winner of the 2015 prize, Louise O’Neill. Submissions are now... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stay in the loop with events from The Bookseller Children's Conference with our live updates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bricks-and-mortar booksellers have a “fantastic opportunity to seize the moment”, with year-to-date print sales up for the first time in eight years. Figures from Nielsen Bookscan show sales of print books for the first 36 weeks of 2015 are up by 4.6% (worth £739.5m) when compared to the same... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The indie revival continues this week with the announcement of a new design bookstore on New York City’s Lower East Side and the grand opening of Phoenix Books in Rutland, Vt., Phoenix’s third store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourteen books including one on the trial of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, and another on the recent FIFA scandals make up the longlist of the 27th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has crowned its first ever female solo winner in Gaia Vince for her close-up look at pressing ecological issues facing the planet. Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene (Chatto & Windus) was given the £25,000 science prize at a ceremony... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicola Solomon, chief executive of the Society of Authors (pictured), and Orna Ross, founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, are among more than 30 speakers lined up to speak to authors and publishers at The Bookseller’s first ever Author Day, launched as part of suite of events in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Ali Smith has said the Goldsmiths Prize, which is now in its third year, has encouraged publishers to take risks. The prize, awarded to bold and inventive fiction, was won by Smith last year for How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton). Smith said of the prize: “The change it’s made is that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction and non-fiction writers have been shorlisted for the inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers established in honour of the late publisher Matt Richell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction announces its 2015 longlist, with independent publishers taking seven of the 12 spots. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the Malaysian bookselling and publishing communities, the first quarter of the year leading up to the 6% goods and services tax (GST) implementation on April 1 was tumultuous and disruptive. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s fair play in New York City this weekend with no fewer than three book fairs/festivals. Across the country Kepler’s is marking its 60th, while new stores continue to open, including a kiosk in Indianapolis dedicated to black authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marlon James, the author of 'A Brief History of Seven Killings,' is the first Jamaican author to have his or her work make it to the finals. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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