Angela Jackson wins Edinburgh First Book Award

Angela Jackson has won the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award, sponsored... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book and Screen Week CAMEO Awards Include Film, Stage, Gaming Adaptations

The public-facing London Book and Screen Week opens with adaptation awards in film, television, gaming, audio, and stage. The post London Book and Screen Week CAMEO Awards Include Film, Stage, Gaming Adaptations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Closing London Book Fair’s Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards

The Nigerian publishing house founded by Bibi Bakare-Yusef was named winner of the Inclusivity in Publishing Award, and US-based Sara Miller McCune was on-hand to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award. The post Closing London Book Fair’s Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces 2018 Winners

Syrian author Khalil Sweileh wins the Literature category of the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, which celebrates Arabic writing and culture with annual prizes worth US$1.9 million. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces 2018 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins wins six-way auction for 'powerful' book on racism in sport

HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world rights to a book about sport and race from former journalist Derek A Bardowell following a six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Translation Funding for Arabic Literature from the Sheikh Zayed Book Award

This year, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award is offering translation funding for literary and children’s titles that have won the award, with the goal of increasing the readership for Arabic books. The post New Translation Funding for Arabic Literature from the Sheikh Zayed Book Award appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, addressing racism and diversity, have been announced

The winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor outstanding books that address racism and diversity, will go this year to authors Jesmyn Ward, Kevin Young, N. Scott Momaday and Shane McCrae. Each will be awarded a prize of $10,000. Ward won the fiction award for "Sing, Unburied, Sing,"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jay Bernard wins Ted Hughes Award

Jay Bernard has won the £5,000 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for Surge: Side A (Speaking Volumes). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US author Woodson wins £430k Astrid Lindgren Award

American author Jacqueline Woodson has won the SEK5m (£430,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2018 for her “masterful characterisation and deep understanding of the adolescent psyche”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacqueline Woodson wins the world's largest prize for children's literature, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Jacqueline Woodson, who won a National Book Award for her memoir in verse “Brown Girl Dreaming,” won the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award on Tuesday. The award comes with a prize of $608,000. Publishers Weekly reports that Woodson is the 18th person or organization to win the prize, which is... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angie Thomas wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

US author Angie Thomas has been crowned the overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2018 for her debut YA novel, The Hate U Give (Walker Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Book Awards unveils nominees for 2018

Penguin Random House leads the nominations for The British Book Awards’ Books of the Year and Trade categories, with the consumer publishing giant taking 26 places across both shortlists—18% of the total. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Foundation Opens Its 2018 Award Submissions and Names Judging Panels

Twenty-five judges will produce 50 longlisted titles, then 25 shortlisted books, and finally five winners of the 2018 National Book Awards, this year with the all-new Translation Literature prize among them. The post National Book Foundation Opens Its 2018 Award Submissions and Names Judging... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Awards Judges Announced; Submission Process Opens

The National Book Foundation has announced the names of the 25 judges that will determine the lists of nominees for the 2018 National Book Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluebird wins auction for Pope's 'timely' next book

Pan Macmillan imprint Bluebird has signed a "revealing" new book on politics and society by His Holiness Pope Francis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair Lifetime Honor Will Go to Sara Miller McCune at Excellence Awards

The Lifetime Achievement Award is to go to SAGE Publishing founder Sara Miller McCune on April 10 as part of London Book Fair's and the Publishers Association's International Excellence Awards. The post London Book Fair Lifetime Honor Will Go to Sara Miller McCune at Excellence Awards appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goodings, Lovegrove and Eddo-Lodge win WOW awards

Author Reni Eddo-Lodge and former Virago publisher Lennie Goodings are among the winners of Southbank Centre’s Women in Creative Industries Awards.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2018 New Zealand Book Awards finalists announced

Four novels that "directly confront and ask questions of both the world and the reader" have been selected as the fiction finalists at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cressida Cowell wins Blue Peter award

Cressida Cowell’s The Wizards of Once (Hodder Children’s Books) will today be revealed as the winner of the best story prize at the Blue Peter Book Awards, whilst Susan Martineau and illustrator Vicky Barker will pick up the best book with facts award for Real-Life Mysteries (B Small Publishing). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie bookshops vie for The British Book Awards title

A bumper crop of Britain and Ireland’s best independent bookshops are bucking the market trend, achieving double-digit sales rises in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent Bookstores Vie for British Book Award Honors in Eight Regions

With one bookstore reporting a 36-percent increase in business in 2017, almost 40 retailers are put into contention for the Independent Bookstore of the Year prize at the British Book Awards, the Nibbies. The post Independent Bookstores Vie for British Book Award Honors in Eight Regions appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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