The author’s second novel, finally getting published in the United States, was first released in the United Kingdom in 2007. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
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Which books did well, which were left on the shelves, and which made editors green with envy?Visit bookshop.theguardian.com to browse all these books or call 0330 333 6846. 20p from every book you buy until Christmas will be donated to our Charity Appeal.The book that made my year: In a year... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biographer and historian Amanda Foreman is to chair the 2016 Man Booker Prize jury, and will be backed by a critic, a novelist, a poet and an actor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actress Olivia Williams will be one of the five judges of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for fiction, the UK's leading book award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From its humble beginnings as a project launched by an "about-to-be-fired editor" in 1974, the annual prize for the best in small press publishing has come quite a long way. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marlon James has won the Green Carnation Prize, awarded to LGBT writers, for A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The founder of 'author-centric' independent publisher September Publishing has said publishers should find time to “constructively” reject authors or they will “abandon the industry” and become self-published. Speaking on a panel entitled ‘Writing the future: author-centric publishing’ at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo Editions has launched The Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, a new annual essay award for unpublished writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A fable about friendship and loss by a debut author beats bestselling novels The Girl on the Train and Go Set a Watchman to be named Waterstones Book of the Year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Benjamin Myers has won the £10,000 Portico Literature Prize 2015 for Fiction while Richard Benson won the £10,000 Portico Prize for non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction has struck a new five-year sponsorship deal with Baillie Gifford and will seek to extend its reach to the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group is offering a student the chance to illustrate a picture book by Cressida Cowell, thanks to a new competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coates' 'Between the World and Me' and Johnson's 'Fortune Smiles' won the nonfiction and fiction awards, respectively, at this year's National Book Awards. Johnson's work is the second short story collection in two years to win the fiction prize. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mexican author Fernando del Paso wins the Cervantes Prize, considered the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish language. The post Fernando del Paso is 6th Mexican to Win Cervantes Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015 is David Almond for 'A Song for Ella Grey.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monique Schwitter has won the 2015 Swiss Book Prize for her book, One in the Other. She will receive 30,000 Swiss francs in prize winnings. The post Monique Schwitter Wins Swiss Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked our readers to pick their favorite book of 2015 and spread the word on Twitter. Congrats to our winner, @MitchRappFans, whose pick won the most retweets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kevin Barry's Beatlebone (Canongate) has been named the winner of the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize 2015 in recognition of “writing at its most novel”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of the Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, which runs November 13–15, the winners of the first Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award were announced today at the Baoshan International Folk Arts Exposition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iraq war veteran Phil Klay has been named the winner of the Warwick Prize for Writing 2015 for Redeployment, a short story collection dealing with the American experience of the Iraq War, published by Canongate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A former US Marine wins the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing for his book of short stories dealing with American experiences of the Iraq War. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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