Beatty, Jefferson, Nelson Grab 2016 NBCC Lit Awards

Paul Beatty's novel 'The Sellout', Margo Jefferson's memoir 'Negroland' and Maggie Nelson's critical work, 'The Argonauts', were among the books awarded 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling Authors Unveil New Lit Fest: Nola StoryCon

Five bestselling authors have banded together to launch their own literary conference, StoryCon, with the first iteration set to take place in New Orleans next fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vera B. Williams dies at 88; award-winning children's author and illustrator

Vera B. Williams' family saved pennies and nickels to get by during the Depression. So her mother's purchase of a "real chair" — neither stick-hard nor someone's castoff but brand new and cushiony — was an extravagance. "I don't intend to work all my life and have nowhere to sit down," the woman... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2015 Saltire Literary Awards shortlists unveiled

Kate Atkinson, Michel Faber and Irvine Welsh feature on the shortlists for the 2015 Saltire Literary Awards, with two new awards introduced this year: The Fiction Book of the Year and Non-Fiction Book of the Year. The new prizes were created for the Awards in place of last year's Literary Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Review to Launch Comics Imprint in 2016

New York Review Comics will launch in March with plans to release six graphic novels per year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What the FutureBook Awards tell us about publishing

Publishing is more sinned against than sinning. You won’t find it hard to find someone somewhere having a pop at the business of books, pointing out its failings while ignoring its successes. It comes with the territory: that shock of the new and frustration with the traditional. As journalist... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize and finalists for National Book Awards

A Jamaican-born writer took the Man Booker Prize for the first time, while some authors are in the running for the National Book Award in America. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2015 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

The National Book Foundation announced the finallists for the 2015 National Book Awards. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 18 at the 66th National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Playboy Magazine No Longer NSFW in 2016

Title will stop running nude pictorials with March 2016 issue. The post Playboy Magazine No Longer NSFW in 2016 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Announcing the FutureBook Awards' Platform of the Year honour

The FutureBook Awards stand for innovation and achievement They are a reflection of what publishers are working on today but also a foretaste of tomorrow’s publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bouchercon 2015: Crime Fiction and Literary Awards Under the Oaks

Held in the South for the first time, crime and mystery fiction's annual convention mixed literary prizes and barbecue with programming focused on everything from traditional hardboiled crime novels to short fiction and international mysteries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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High hopes for 2016's début novels

Publishers are kicking off 2016 with débuts they hope to launch as the next big thing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apprentice star to chair book award

Former Apprentice judge Margaret Mountford and singer songwriter Tracey Thorn will be on the panel for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi awarded PEN Pinter Prize with James Fenton

Saudi blogger and activist Raif Badawi will share the 2015 PEN Pinter Prize with British poet, journalist and literary critic James Fenton.  Badawi was named the 2015 International Writer of Courage, selected by Fenton from a shortlist of international cases of concern supported by English PEN,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Digital Media Awards Winners Inspire Emotion, Awe

The awards were presented tonight at the start of the annual get-together after the first day of the World Publishing Expo in Hamburg.   Here is a look at the full list of this year's winners and what made their entries special and succ ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WNDB's Debut Walter Award Ceremony Set for Next March

We Need Diverse Books has announced that on March 18, 2016, the organization will bestow its first Walter Dean Myers Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Honoring Picture Book Champions at the 2015 Carle Awards

The Eric Carle Honors, held on September 24, marked a milestone – the annual awards ceremony, art auction, and gala event turned 10 this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Valley Press awarded £50k ACE grant

A Scarborough-based independent publisher has won nearly £50,000 grant from the Arts Council England (ACE) Valley Press, which publishers 12 titles a year across poetry, fiction and non-fiction has been awarded a £49,443 grant in National Lottery funds from ACE. The publisher was founded in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gunesekera wins at Asian Achievers Awards

Author Romesh Gunesekera was presented with an award for his services to media, arts and culture at this year's Asian Achievers Awards. Sri-Lankan born Gunesekera, who was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1994 for his novel Reef, was honoured at the 15th annual Asian Achievers Awards on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SPX 2015: Women Cartoonists Sweep the Ignatz Awards

From a female sweep of the Ignatz Awards to a packed panel on African American comics artists, diversity was the highlight of this year’s Small Press Expo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Asks: You Don't Trust Book Awards

This week we asked whether you trust the book awards committees to pick the best books. Turns out you don't. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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