Kate Atkinson, Nathan Filer and J K Rowling are among the 19 British authors competing for the €100,000 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The longlist for the prize, now in its 20th year and given annually for a novel written in English or translated into English, features titles nominated by 39 libraries worldwide. This year’s longlist of 142 books includes 19 by British authors, 37 American, nine Canadian, nine Australian and seven Italian authors. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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At today’s Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, two bookstores—the Bookworm of Edwards in Edwards, Colo., and Children’s Book World in Los Angeles—will receive the 2017 WNBA Pannell Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature writer John Lewis-Stempel has doubled his chances of winning the Wainwright Golden Beer Prize after having two of his titles longlisted. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo will honor PEN America with its seventh annual Industry Ambassador Award, which recognizes major innovators and creative leaders that make the book industry better, on June 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katie Morag series author Mairi Hedderwick and school librarian Susan Morton been honoured at the inaugural Scottish Book Trust Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut thriller writer Joseph Knox, crime buyer for Waterstones, has been nominated for this year's The Times Breakthrough Award, in the Literature category for his debut Sirens (Transworld). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ali Smith has been longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2017 for the first in her Seasonal four-part series, Autumn (Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Footballer Joey Barton has won the Cross Sports Book Award for autobiography of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picturebook maker Chris Haughton has won the 27th Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Award for his "captivating" book Goodnight Everyone (Walker Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robin Stevens and Simon Mason have won the inaugural awards for Best Crime Novel for Children and Young Adults respectively at the annual CrimeFest Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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SagaCity Media's Portland Monthly and Sarasota Magazine join Texas Monthly in General Excellence. The post Texas Monthly Dominates Again at the City and Regional Magazine Awards appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has been crowned Publisher of the Year once again at the Academic Book Trade Conference awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Kate Field has won the Romantic Novelists Association's Joan Hessayon Award for new writers with her debut novel The Magic of Ramblings (Accent Press). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books about the bonds of friendship, raising a child with special needs, and the power of teamwork received recognition for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit” during the 2017 Christopher Awards ceremony in New York City on Tuesday, May 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Attorney Michael A. Bamberger has been named the inaugural honoree of the American Booksellers Association's Joyce Meskis Free Speech Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dead Ink’s email-based novella The Night Visitors and poet Hollie McNish have both been honoured at the Saboteur Awards this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Waikato author Catherine Chidgey was the big winner at this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Clarissa Luard Award, a new £10,000 award for independent publishing, has been set up by Arts Council England to recognise the contribution that small publishers make to literature and to celebrate the "adventurousness, innovative spirit and creativity" of independent literary publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The combination of the UK's leading book industry awards with the 'Nibbies' produces The Bookseller's broad picture of a robust and busy books community. The post British Book Awards 2017: The ‘Nibbies’ Honor Literature and Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent (Serpent’s Tail) has won the British Book Awards accolade of Book of the Year, beating off strong competition from 36 shortlisted titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling says she's 'thrilled' to pick up an outstanding contribution award to add to her collection of literary accolades. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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