Bad Sex award cancelled to spare people from more bad things

The Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2020 has been cancelled with organisers saying people have been “subjected to too many bad things this year” already. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 20:14:15 UTC ]
News tagged with: #bad things #bad sex

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Bad Sex award cancelled to spare people from more bad things'


UpLift literature leadership scheme for young people of colour launches

Words of Colour Productions and the Irish Writers Centre have unveiled UpLift, an international literature leadership initiative for young people of colour aged between 18 and 30. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 00:53:24 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #colour productions


Osman gets Readers Choice at Books Are My Bag awards

Richard Osman has won the Readers' Choice award at the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards for his record-breaking debut The Thursday Murder Club (Viking). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 20:44:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #richard osman #bag awards #choice award #record-breaking debut


“People Wanted Stories About How Hard It Was to Be a Woman.” Marlowe Granados on Resisting Market Trends

Marlowe Granados is the guest. Her debut novel, Happy Hour, is out now from Verso Books. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts!  From the episode: Marlowe Granados: I think that you have to wait a little bit for the correct timing. That was my main gripe with the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-09 09:50:34 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #marlowe granados #happy hour #verso books #main gripe #publishing world #verso


John Agard wins BookTrust’s Lifetime Achievement Award

BookTrust will today (9th November) present John Agard with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in London.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 03:20:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


S&S 'spellbound' by Smith's Cold People

Simon & Schuster UK has landed Tom Rob Smith’s "utterly gripping" novel Cold People in a two-book deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-06 04:14:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #cold people


Andrew Bolt says Alan Jones’ poetic departure not cancel culture as Sky finds ‘room for Piers Morgan’ | Weekly beast

Former shock jock Jones tells fans to find him on Facebook as he departs TV. Plus: Seven’s costly Cleo Smith case blunderWhen News Corp unveiled plans for Piers Morgan to headline an international prime time talk show we flippantly said “Move over Andrew Bolt, Alan Jones and Peta Credlin – there... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-11-05 01:29:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #andrew bolt #alan jones #cancel culture #piers morgan #weekly beast #peta credlin #conservative loudmouth #news corp


Sheikh Zayed Book Award: 3,000+ Submissions, a New Record

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award reports a 76-percent rise in submissions of work by women, and a 47-percent jump in entries of men's work. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award: 3,000+ Submissions, a New Record appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-03 02:09:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #zayed book


Children's book on Governor General's Literary Award short list a win for Indigenous publishing, author says

A children's book shortlisted for a 2021 Governor General's Literary Award was written by a University of Guelph associate professor who specializes in the history of Indigenous Peoples and illustrated by an Ojibway multidisciplinary artist. ... Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2021-11-02 08:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #governor general #indigenous peoples #children's book #literary award


FutureBook Awards shortlists revealed

The shortlists for the 2021 FutureBook Awards have been revealed, featuring the likes of BookBar, the Feminist Book Box, Bad Form Review and the Working Class Writers’ Festival as well as a strong showing for Penguin Random House across various categories.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-02 02:31:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #strong showing #penguin random house


The Free Book Bus, A Death Positive Library, and Other Good Bookish Things That Happened This Week

Lots of good bookish things happened this week, including research that proves libraries lead to healthier, more equitable communities. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-10-29 10:42:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #libraries #free book


Clifford wins Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing

Ellen Clifford has won the Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing with her book The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe (Zed Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-29 01:12:22 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #radical publishing #ellen clifford #disabled people


Koomson, Pickering and Boldwood Books among winners at RNA Industry Awards

Dorothy Koomson, Juliet Pickering and Boldwood Books are among the winners of the Romantic Novelists’ Association annual Industry Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 05:18:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #dorothy koomson #juliet pickering #boldwood books #romantic novelists


Haig, Whitty and McKay awarded CILIP honorary fellowships

Author Matt Haig, chief medical officer professor Chris Whitty and librarian Amy McKay have been awarded CILIP honorary fellowships for 2021.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 10:27:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Review: Katie Couric is done pleasing people, as her new memoir proves

The TV news star's memoir, 'Going There,' is fearlessly, wildly entertaining, often emotional and sure to upend the idea that she wants your love. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-10-26 13:00:12 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memoir proves #katie couric #memoir


McLean wins £20k Kindle Storyteller Award

Thriller author Rachel McLean has won the £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award for her novel The Corfe Castle Murders  after a "record number" of submissions.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-23 09:39:42 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #record number #kindle


Jerry Pinkney, children’s book illustrator who celebrated African American people and culture, dies at 81

Mr. Pinkney brought new life to old fairy tales — and to children’s literature as a whole — with his radiant illustrations in more than 100 picture books. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-22 13:28:42 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #jerry pinkney #book illustrator #children’s book


Sheikh Zayed Book Award Today: Arabic and Children’s Books

On the final trade-visitor day of Frankfurter Buchmesse, the UAE's Sheikh Zayed Book Award has several programming points to consider. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Today: Arabic and Children’s Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-22 07:59:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #books appeared #frankfurter buchmesse #zayed book


Farshore announces winners of Reading for Pleasure Teaching Awards

HarperCollins imprint Farshore has announced the winners of its annual Reading for Pleasure Teaching Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-21 20:31:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #harpercollins


Libraries Connected holds first awards to recognise achievements of library staff

Libraries Connected held its first ever awards this week, to recognise and celebrate the achievements of library staff over the past year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-20 05:39:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #library staff #libraries


Home Truths review: is David Williamson a reformed 'Bad Art Friend'?

Australian dramatist David Williamson’s new book is a mash up of memoir and autobiography, which casts himself as a former ‘plunderer’ of other’s lives. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2021-10-20 03:57:12 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memoir