Bloomsbury wins Krauss auction

Bloomsbury editor-in-chief Aleandra Pringle has bought a new novel from US writer Nicole Krauss, titled Late Wonder. The buy, together with a collection of short stories titled How to Be a Man, was made at auction from Zoe Waldie at Rogers, Coleridge & White, in association with Melanie Jackson. Late Wonder is said by Waldie to be "immensely profound, but at the same time a page turner", with a "most beguiling and complex character." Meanwhile How to Be a Man will show "the full range of Nicole Krauss's exquisite style," she said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Move Over, 'Star Wars': Young Koala and Clumsy Cat Win This Week's Viral Chart

A koala and a clumsy CG cat have defeated the Force, at least temporarily.Ladies and gentlemen, meet superstar koala joey Imogen! With 24 million views already for her videos from Australia.com and Symbio Wildlife Park, actually, it's likely that you have done so already. Her charisma and... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barry's Beatlebone wins Goldsmiths Prize 2015

Kevin Barry's Beatlebone (Canongate) has been named the winner of the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize 2015 in recognition of “writing at its most novel”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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André Alexis Wins Canada’s Giller Prize

The 58-year-old author won the country's most prestigious award for fiction, worth C$100,000, for his novel 'Fifteen Dogs.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iraq War book wins £25,000 writing prize

A former US Marine wins the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing for his book of short stories dealing with American experiences of the Iraq War. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Klay wins £25k Warwick Prize for Writing

Iraq war veteran Phil Klay has been named the winner of the Warwick Prize for Writing 2015 for Redeployment, a short story collection dealing with the American experience of the Iraq War, published by Canongate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pedersen's 'Guardians' wins $75,000 Cundill Prize

Canadian historian Susan Pedersen's The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire (Oxford University Press) has won the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mathias Enard wins Prix Goncourt 2015

French writer Mathias Enard has won France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, for his book Boussole ("Compass") which is published by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Silberman wins £20k Samuel Johnson Prize

Steve Silberman has been awarded the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently (Allen and Unwin). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orbit acquires two Jason Arnopp thrillers at auction

Orbit UK is publishing a thriller about the untimely demise of a social media star.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richell prize: Sally Abbott's vision of a future Australia wins literary award

The PR director from regional Victoria beat 975 writers to the $10,000 prize and a year’s mentorship to develop her manuscript to publicationAustralia’s newest literary award, the Richell prize for emerging writers, has been won by Sally Abbott for her manuscript, Closing Down.Abbott, a public... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury sales up 13% boosted by children's

Bloomsbury Publishing's sales grew 13% in the first half of the year, boosted by a particularly strong performance from the children’s and educational department. For the six months ending 31st August 2015, turnover totalled £52.7m, 13% higher than £46.6m for the same period in 2014. Adjusted... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six Months Sales Up at Bloomsbury, But Earnings Dip

Revenue at Bloomsbury Publishing rose 13% in the six months ended August 31, 2015 compared to the same period a year ago, but pretax profit dipped to £342,000 from £509,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter magic continues at Bloomsbury as sales grow

Magician series among children’s books boosting revenue at publishing house, with pre-tax profits at £1.9m Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury has reported a jump in half-year sales after a strong performance from educational and children’s books. Sales were up 11.6% to £52.7m in the six months to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adorable Winnie the Pooh and Piglet illustration comes up for auction

A watercolor of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet created by illustrator E.H. Shepard is being auctioned this week. Shepard illustrated many classic children's books, including A.A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh," "When We Were Very Young," "Now We Are Six" and "The House at Pooh Corner." Shepard drew Pooh... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-27 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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Cathcart Froden wins £10k Dundee International Book Prize

Martin Cathcart Froden’s unpublished debut novel Devil Take the Hindmost has been announced as the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize 2015. Cathcart Froden was awarded the £10,000 prize and a publishing deal with Freight Books at the Dundee Literary Festival today (21st October). He... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Atavist is Winning Over Publishers

When monthly magazine California Sunday started publishing on the Web last fall, it didn’t opt for CMS standbys such as WordPress or Drupal. Instead, it chose Atavist, a small publishing platform billed by media prognosticators as & ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize 2015

Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize 2015 for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld). James, who is the first Jamaican to have won the £50,000 award in its history, was announced as the winner at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 13th October. Chair of judges,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frank Witzel Wins the German Book Prize 2015

With his novel, The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a Manic Depressive Teenager in the Summer of 1969, Frank Witzel has won the 2015 German Book Prize. The post Frank Witzel Wins the German Book Prize 2015 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jimmy Savile book wins Gordon Burn Prize

Dan Davies has won the Gordon Burn Prize for In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile (Quercus). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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