All-female shortlist for BBC Young Writers’ Award

Emotional connection and reconciliation feature in the all-female shortlist for the 2019 BBC Young Writers’ Award, run in association with literacy charity First Story and Cambridge University. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 07:04:04 UTC ]
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Crowdwatch: Kirby On Stage; Super Strong Female; A Luminous Comic

Crowdwatch spotlights notable crowdfunded comics projects. This week, the life of Jack Kirby on stage, Strong Female Protagonist in Print, A disembodied Mexican leg, a luminous Italian comic, two anthologies, and the return of "Footprints." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Watson & Holmes' Wins Big at Glyph Awards

"Watson & Holmes" #6, by Brandon Easton and N. Steven Harris took top honors at the 2014 Glyph Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aragi Wins Maxwell Perkins Award

Literary agent Nicole Aragi has won the 2014 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell's and Little, Brown scoop top BIA Awards

Blackwell’s has been crowned Book Retailer of the Year while Little, Brown scooped the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shortlist revealed for Oscar's First Book Prize

Nosy Crow’s Open Very Carefully, winner of the Waterstones best picture book prize this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gillian Cross wins Little Rebels award

Author Gillian Cross is the winner of this year’s Little Rebels Children’s Book Award... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber and Cape makes Wales Book of the Year shortlist

Parthian Books, Faber and Jonathan Cape all have English-language titles in the shortlist for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne strikes twice on children’s science book shortlist

Two books published by Usborne have made the shortlist of this year’s Royal Society Prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers Speak Out Against S.C. Literary Censorship

They are railing against the South Carolina politicians who want to strip funding from schools teaching LGBTQ materials in the classroom. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnard Awards Inaugural Creative Writing Prize

Barnard College named Carmen Ren as the first ever recipient of its Axinn Foundation/Anna Quindlen Award for Creative Writing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blumenthal, Kennedy Among 2014 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award-Winners

The James Beard Foundation announced the 2014 winners of its Book, Broadcast, and Journalism awards at a dinner on Friday that saw British chef/restaurateur Heston Blumenthal win Cookbook of the Year for 'Historic Heston' and Mexican cooking authority Diana Kennedy inducted into the Cookbook... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 68th Annual Edgar Awards

The Mystery Writers of America’s big night was entertainingly-emceed by incoming President Brad Meltzer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three-year global partnership for Hay and BBC

The Hay Festival and the BBC have linked up for a three-year global partnership which will see... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan Goldberg Becomes First Female Editor-in-Chief of National Geographic

The National Geographic Society announced a large structural reorganization of the nonprofit’s media operations April 30 that broadened roles for three veteran executives and newcomer Susan Goldberg who has been promoted as the first female editor-in-chief of National Geographic Magazine. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Syrian writers to tour UK

Leading Syrian writers and artists will tour Britain in June to launch Syria Speaks, an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Baddiel turns children's writer

Author and comedian David Baddiel has written his first children’s novel. The Parent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Geek Girl' joins seven-strong Branford Boase shortlist

The organisers of the Branford Boase award today (1st May) announced this year’s shortlist... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 Best Translated Book Awards Revealed

László Krasznahorkai was awarded the 2014 Best Translated Book Award for fiction for "Seiobo There Below." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-first publishers thrive on Joan Hessayon shortlist

Seven of the 17 titles shortlisted [see below] for the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Galbraith, le Carré and McDermid on CrimeFest shortlist

John le Carré, Robert Galbraith and Val McDermid are among the authors shortlisted for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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