Man Booker longlistee Nicola Barker has won the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize with H(a)ppy (William Heinemann), a novel described as “an embodiment of the defiant and inventive spirit”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
As tonight's announcement approaches, buzz is building over such nominees as Lawrence Wright's 'Going Clear' and Thomas Pynchon's 'Bleeding Edge.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Burmese Ministry of Information announced that a new translation of Orwell’s 1934 novel, Burmese Days, won the National Literary Award’s informative literature award. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frances Lincoln has launched a new prize for British nature and nature travel writing, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brad Stone's The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Bantam Press) has won... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winner of the Nobel Literature prize and author of more than 55 works of fiction, opera, nonfiction, and poetry, including 'The Golden Notebook,' British author Doris Lessing died Sunday at her home in London. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After eight years of litigation—three of which had all parties stumping together for an ill-fated, controversial settlement—Judge Denny Chin last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over Google’s mass scanning of library books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upping experimentation and being prepared for some projects to fail if it helps the learning... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Kinney has notched up the biggest weekly sale for a children's book in over a year,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Skellig author David Almond has won the Eleanor Farjeon Award 2013. The award, now in its 47th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prize fund for the Wellcome Book Prize has been increased to £30,000. This marks a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Lucy Hughes-Hallett has won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for The Pike, her biography of philandering Italian poet and politician Gabriele D'Annunzio. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former children's laureate Michael Rosen is to play a leading role in developing an MA in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A graphic novel about a man's beard is up against works by Booker winner Julian Barnes and best-selling author Kate Atkinson for the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edinburgh author Angela Jackson is named the winner of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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The shortlist for the £15,000 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry has been revealed, with publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow and Random House Children’s Publishers have three titles apiece on the Roald Dahl... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broadcasters Sue MacGregor and Trevor Phillips and Robert McCrum, associate editor of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Superworm, Julia Donaldson's tale of a resourceful worm and The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey's novel about an alien invasion, are among the 10 books shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to chair the judging panel for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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