Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for being "master of the short story" by Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for being "master of the short story" by Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has more than doubled its prize fund this year.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales at rose 15% in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 at HarperCollins, parent company News Corp. said in its 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. EBITDA jumped 65% over fiscal 2012, to $142 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite some trouble spots, Canadian publishers are seeing opportunites for growth. Check out our special report on the state of Canadian publishing to get the scoop on what's really going on in this market of 34-million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While the Canadian news headlines have painted a rather dark picture of the country’s publishing scene, those working in the market insist things are not as gloomy as the general media has portrayed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Each year in October, TD Bank Group adds glamour to the Canadian children’s literature scene, sponsoring the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards gala in Toronto and a parallel event in Montreal for literature in French, including the premiere prizes of C$30,000 for the most distinguished... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prestigious UK writing prize will now be open to any works that are published in the UK and were written in English. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barbara Ehrenreich tackles "the truth"; Arianna Huffington tackles success; Elizabeth Gilbert tackles fiction; Alice McDermott tackles being ordinary; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head and the Financial Times have launched their annual essay prize. The award will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So what about that National Book Awards fiction longlist? It's a good one, and the last of the four longlists to be released by the National Book Foundation this week.So what about that National Book Awards fiction longlist? It’s a good one, and the last of the four longlists to be released by... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Man Booker Prize has extended its criteria and will from next year accept any novels... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News reports are saying American authors will be considered for the prestigious UK literary prize next year, while the Booker Prize organizers say these stories are 'incomplete' but haven't discounted the possibility. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday.The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books including 'The Lowland' by Jhumpa Lahiri and 'We Need New Names' by NoViolet Bulawayo made the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize this year, and some are calling the shortened list of nominees the best in years. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Kearns, the winner of the best newcomer award at the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Most efforts to explain design at Apple end up reducing a complex 37–year history to bromides about simplicity, quality, and perfection––as if those were ambitions unique to Apple alone. So Fast Company set out to remedy that deficiency through an oral history of Apple's design, a decoding of... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Superstar chef Jamie Oliver's new cookbook, Save with Jamie (Michael Joseph), was comfortably... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize director Ion Trewin has said the award has discussed changing its entry... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following the heels of Google and Facebook, Yahoo today published its first transparency report detailing government requests for user data in the first half of the year. It intends to issue a transparency report every six months. Of the 17 countries highlighted, the U.S. leads with the most... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder's Kate Parkin has won an auction for two books from debut novelist Cecilia Ekback.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A history of Judaism, a biography of Margaret Thatcher and a book about the importance of bees are all nominated for this year's Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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