Bickmore wins €10k Ballymaloe Poetry Prize

Lisa Bickmore has won the Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize for her poem on separation, love and grief, “Eidolon”. Her win of the €10,000 (£7,152) award for a single unpublished poem was announced at a special event at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin. The prize is sponsored by Darina Allen’s Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland, in association with the arts and literature magazine The Moth. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #special event

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Bickmore wins €10k Ballymaloe Poetry Prize'


Yu, Payne, Callender, Mosley win at 71st National Book Awards

During the first 30 years of the National Book Awards in the US, only three writers of colour won prizes; last night, at the (virtual) 71st instalment, almost every person who took home a book award was Black or Asian. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-19 00:06:52 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


‘Funeral Diva,’ a Mix of Memoir and Poetry, Stirs the Body and Mind

Pamela Sneed’s book powerfully recalls the contributions and leadership of lesbians during the height of the AIDS crisis. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-11-18 20:38:22 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #aids crisis #memoir


Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Booker Prize.

Apparently, this week is the Super Bowl for the book world (or at least the book world media). Which means you need to do two things to prepare: assemble your snacks (check) and place your bets. Six novels are up for the Booker Prize, the biggest literary prize in the UK, which comes complete... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-18 14:30:15 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #super bowl #booker prize #literary hub #literary prize #book world


Harvill Secker wins eight-publisher battle for Faloyin

Harvill Secker has triumphed in an eight-publisher auction for the “invigoratingly original” Africa Is Not A Country by Dipo Faloyin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-17 22:48:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #harvill secker #eight-publisher auction


Barack Obama and Duchess of Cornwall join Booker Prize ceremony

Barack Obama, the Duchess of Cornwall and Kazuo Ishiguro will be among the star speakers at this year's Booker Prize ceremony. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-12 16:38:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #barack obama #kazuo ishiguro


Adichie named Women's Prize 'Winner of Winners'

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been crowned the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun (HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-11 09:24:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fiction winner


Goldsmiths Prize won by Harrison for 'literary masterpiece'

M John Harrison has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again (Gollancz), a genre-blurring tale of broken life in Brexit Britain hailed by judges as a “literary masterpiece”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-11 04:07:19 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #john harrison #literary masterpiece


A Monumental and Rapturous New Anthology of Black American Poetry

“African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song,” edited by Kevin Young, contains an overwhelming amount of variety and history. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-11-10 20:51:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #kevin young #anthology


Aspen Words’ Issue-Driven Literary Prize: The 2021 Longlist

The Aspen Words Literary Prize is focused on authors whose work deals in cultural relevance and contemporary conditions. The post Aspen Words’ Issue-Driven Literary Prize: The 2021 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-10 18:06:42 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #aspen words #literary prize


O'Farrell, McAnulty, Turton win at Books Are My Bag awards

Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet (Tinder Press) has been named the public’s favourite book of the year in the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 00:55:24 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bag awards #shamnettinder press


Tinder Press wins Patterson's 'heartbreaking yet joyful' memoir

Tinder Press has won at auction Christina Patterson’s next book, Outside, the Sky is Blue: A Memoir of Faith, Hope and Loss. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 23:01:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memoir


HarperVoyager wins four-way auction for 'delicious' Dean debut

HarperVoyager has won a four-publisher auction for three titles, including horror fantasy The Book Eaters, from debut author Sunyi Dean. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 22:52:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #four-publisher auction #debut author


America Starts Here: On “When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry”

2020 WORKED HARD to be one of the worst years in recent memory, but for readers of Native American literature, this era is proving to be among the most exciting in the history of Indigenous writing, especially for poetry. To wit: Joy Harjo has just begun her second term as poet laureate of the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-11-09 18:00:17 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #norton anthology #recent memory #joy harjo #poet laureate #anthology


Giller Prize gala to honour best in Canadian fiction going virtual

A Canadian author of fiction will be awarded $100,000 in the comfort of their own home tonight as the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala goes virtual this year. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2020-11-09 17:43:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #canadian author


Biden wins, but Trump—and division—aren’t going away

CNN’s election-count coverage ended as it began: with Wolf Blitzer all excited. “After four long, tense days, we’ve reached a historic moment in this election,” he said. “We can now project the winner of the presidential race.” One thrumming musical interlude later, the network reported that... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-11-09 12:59:12 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #independent company #hollywood reporter #rotating cast #bookstore


Motherhood poetry collection to Trapeze Books

Trapeze has signed a collection of poems on motherhood, edited by Ana Sampson, including work from classic poets such as Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as well as new voices Nikita Gill and Kate Baer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 17:03:33 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #trapeze books #sylvia plath


"At Home with Four Indies" wins FutureBook Team of the Year award

The four booksellers behind the "At Home with Four Indies" initiative have been named as FutureBook’s Team of the Year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-06 01:36:17 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Penguin Life wins three-way auction for Lancaster's Bridge

Penguin Life has won a three-way auction for the debut non-fiction book from coach, therapist and founder of personal development programme The Bridge Retreat, Donna Lancaster.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 06:48:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #penguin life #non-fiction book


Citizenship is an Outdated Requirement for Literary Prize Eligibility

We're examining the eligibility requirements of five major literary awards, specifically looking at their positions on citizenship. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-11-02 11:33:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #eligibility requirements #literary prize


Inaugural Staunch Book Prize winner Serong shortlisted again for 2020 award

The first winner of the Staunch Book Prize, Jock Serong, has been shortlisted again for the 2020 award, in a year that sees indie publishers well represented.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-01 23:27:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book prize