The shorlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, which awards C$100,000 for the best Canadian work of fiction, includes four authors previously in contention. Among them are David Bezmozgis and Alix Ohlin, but no Margaret Atwood. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Andersen Press has won the Bologna Book Fair’s ‘children’s publisher of the year’ prize in the European category, becoming the first UK publishing house to win the award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child’s Make Me (Bantam) has held the number one spot for a second consecutive week, selling 36,697 copies for £138,058, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beijing-based author Cao Wenxuan becomes the first Chinese author to win the Hans Christian Andersen award for children's literature. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From football reports to clickbait, programs are changing the way the news is createdLook closely at what many journalists write about artificial intelligence – from AlphaGo’s triumph at the ancient Chinese board game Go to Microsoft’s accidentally racist Twitter bot – and you might detect some... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicholas Stargardt’s The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-45 (Bodley Head) has won the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ernest Hecht set up Souvenir Press from his bedroom in 1951. Now, following the death of Lord Weidenfeld, he is the last of the group of remarkable Jewish émigrés who transformed postwar British publishingA 65th birthday is a milestone but – now the official retirement age has been abolished –... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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School library expert Suzanna L. Panter shares the latest trends and issues affecting librarians in the field, ahead of the Texas Library Association annual conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former "Blue Peter" presenter Janet Ellis is among the 10 authors whose début novels have been longlisted for this year's £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bylines by women at the New York Times Book Review and the New Republic are among the ‘dramatic increases’ over the last year, according to Vida’s annual survey of the publishing gender splitFemale authors and reviewers have found more room on literary pages over the last year, according to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Genius is growing up. The Brooklyn-based startup also said its hired its first CRO in an attempt to make money through events, ads and publishing deals. The annotation service is also adding a 'report abuse' button to combat criticism that the annotation tool could be used nefariously to harass... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A 'co-authored' novel made a respectable showing in a Japanese award designed for Artificial Intelligence and human collaboration. The post In Japan, Novel by Artificial Intelligence and Humans Vies for Literary Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Innovation still matters, but sometimes it helps to be a follower, too. The post “Traveling” Ideas Make Regional Magazines the Place to Be Seen appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Professor Dai Smith on how the judges for the International Dylan Thomas Prize chose this year's shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winners of the 2016 Leipzig Book Fair Prize were announced from a pool of over 400 new titles and a shortlist dominated, once again, by men. The post Leipzig Book Fair Prize: Where Are the Women? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marina Lewycka, Paul Murray and John O'Farrell are among the authors vying for an award celebrating the year's funniest novels. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frances Hardinge, the winner of the 2016 Costa prize, is shortlisted for this year’s UKLA Book Awards, the only children’s book prize judged by teachers, along with authors such as Rebecca Cobb and Eoin Colfer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book about the career of a vaudeville trio wins a prize for having the oddest book title of the year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Screenwriter David Solomons has won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016 with his debut book, about an 11-year-old boy obsessed with comics Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author David Solomons has won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2016 for his novel My Brother is a Superhero (Nosy Crow). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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