Adam Kay shortlisted for Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

Adam Kay has been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2017 for his junior doctor diaries, This Is Going to Hurt (Picador).  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Kay shortlisted for Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

Adam Kay has been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2017 for his junior doctor diaries, This Is Going to Hurt (Picador).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lemn Sissay's memoir shortlisted for Slightly Foxed Best Biography Prize

Lemn Sissay’s account of his childhood in care My Name is Why (Canongate) has been shortlisted for the 2019 Slightly Foxed Best Biography Prize along with Francesca Segal’s story of sitting "vigil" for her premature twins, Mother Ship (Chatto & Windus). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-06 22:27:54 UTC ]
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Atkins, Ypi and Christofi compete for Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

The Biographers’ Club has announced the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize for 2021 featuring actress Eileen Atkins, Lea Ypi and Transworld publisher Alex Christofi among others.    Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-04 17:30:49 UTC ]
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Plath and Louverture biographies compete for Slightly Foxed Prize

Three biographies published by Penguin Random House, including ones of poet Sylvia Plath and Haitian general Toussaint Louverture, are competing on the five-strong shortlist for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 05:51:35 UTC ]
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The Cut Out Girl wins Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

Bart van Es has won this year’s £2,500 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize for The Cut Out Girl. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Van Es and Westover compete for Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

Bart van Es' The Cut Out Girl (Fig Tree) and Tara Westover's Educated (Hutchinson) have been shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tsang duo and Adam Kay make Lollies shortlists

Adam Kay is joined by Katie and Kevin Tsang on the shortlists for this year's Laugh Out Loud Awards, better known as the Lollies, celebrating the "funniest children's books". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-21 04:59:24 UTC ]
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Adam, Donkor and Mackmin make 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize shortlist

Claire Adam, Michael Donkor and Anna Mackmin have all made the 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize shortlist for debut novelists, with the winner in line for £10,000. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker makes online song and dance for Prize's 50th anniversary with Adam Kay

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched an online celebration for the Man Booker Prize’s 50th anniversary, charting key moments in the prize’s history. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suffragette titles shortlisted for biography prize

Two books on suffragettes are on the shortlist for this year’s 'Slightly Foxed' Best First Biography Prize. Sophia, Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand (Bloomsbury), about Indian suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh, joins Lady Constance Lytton – Aristocrat, Suffragette, Martyr by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Strong showing for Faber on First Biography Prize shortlist

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 26/09/2011 - 08:35 Faber has scored three of the shortlisted titles for the £5,000 HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize, with books from Bloomsbury, Northumbria Press and Yale University Press making up the rest of the selection. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title includes “leather-daddy bounty hunters.”

The Bookseller has selected six books for their 46th annual Diagram Prize shortlist for The Oddest Book Title of the Year, a prize they’ve been awarding since 1978. (According to Sarah Lyall, the prize began “as a way for Bruce Robertson, co-founder of the Diagram Group, an information and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-11-18 19:09:25 UTC ]
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The German Book Prize Issues Its 2024 Shortlist

With its award ceremony set for October 14, the 20th edition of the German Book Prize announces a six-title shortlist of fiction. The post The German Book Prize Issues Its 2024 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-17 13:26:34 UTC ]
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Here’s the 2024 Booker Prize shortlist.

Today, the Booker Prizes announced their 2024 shortlist: six books narrowed down from the “Booker’s Dozen” (otherwise known as the longlist of 13), chosen from a starting pool of 156 books written in English and published between October 2023 and September 2024. Shortlisters are awarded £2,500... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-16 18:18:32 UTC ]
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2024 Booker Prize Shortlist Announced

This year's six-book shortlist includes five women authors—the largest number of women in the prizes 55-year history—and two Americans: Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner. The winner will be announced on November 12. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Here’s the shortlist for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

Today, the British Academy announced the 2024 shortlist for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. The international prize, now in its 12th year, celebrates “groundbreaking works of non-fiction that have made an outstanding contribution to the public understanding of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-09 23:01:00 UTC ]
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Wainwright Nature Writing Book Prizes: Three 2024 Shortlists

No specific category exists at the Wainwright Prize for climate-crisis books, although several 2024 shortlistees touch on the emergency. The post Wainwright Nature Writing Book Prizes: Three 2024 Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-15 20:55:02 UTC ]
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Singapore: The Biennial Literature Prize Announces 71-Book Shortlist

With four categories across four official languages, the biennial Singapore Literature Prize jurors have shortlisted 71 titles. The post Singapore: The Biennial Literature Prize Announces 71-Book Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-14 21:38:53 UTC ]
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In Scotland: the Trivedi Science Prize Names a 2024 Shortlist

Six shortlisted titles are named at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in the Royal Society's £25,000 Trivedi Science Book Prize. The post In Scotland: the Trivedi Science Prize Names a 2024 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-12 13:15:49 UTC ]
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London: The TLS Ackerley Prize Names Its 2024 Shortlist

Newly renamed the TLS Ackerley Prize with a 'Times Literary Supplement' partnership, this contest focuses on memoir and autobiography. The post London: The TLS Ackerley Prize Names Its 2024 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-27 18:07:35 UTC ]
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