Bookbug Prize 2018 shortlist revealed

Titles published by Bloomsbury, Two Hoots Books and Little Door Books are on the shortlist for the 2019 Bookbug Picture Book Prize, organised by Scottish Book Trust. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angela Chen’s ‘Ace’ reveals what it means to be asexual in a society obsessed with sexuality

Chen writes about more expansive ideas of connection in a world that values romantic partnerships above all others. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-28 10:46:26 UTC ]
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Barbara Marcus reveals trends in 'robust' US children's market

The US children's market has seen huge growth this year with increasing focus on books by people of colour and by celebrities, Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children's Books in the US, has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-27 21:41:42 UTC ]
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Namwali Serpell will donate Clarke Prize money to those protesting Breonna Taylor’s murder.

Within an hour of hearing that she had won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, a top honor given to science fiction published in the UK, Namwali Serpell also heard the news that the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor would not be charged for her murder. “I received these two pieces of news about... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-25 18:21:12 UTC ]
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Robinson, Gleeson and McGregor to judge Rathbones Folio Prize

The T S Eliot Prize-winning poet Roger Robinson, Irish writer and broadcaster Sinéad Gleeson and novelist and short story writer Jon McGregor have been announced as judges for the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 06:26:30 UTC ]
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UK and USA: Financial Times and McKinsey Announce a Business Book of the Year Shortlist

Eligible for books originally published in English or in translation, the FT-McKinsey program looks for work to 'stand the test of time.' The post UK and USA: Financial Times and McKinsey Announce a Business Book of the Year Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-23 20:22:39 UTC ]
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Dalrymple, Beaton and Lay among Cundill History Prize contenders

Books from Penguin, Bloomsbury, Wildfire, Profile Books and Head of Zeus, on subjects including the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective and the "lost" decade of Oliver Cromwell's rule, have made the Cundill History Prize's 10-strong shortlist spotlighting "history that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 18:41:08 UTC ]
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Faber releases International Booker Prize-winning novel in paperback early

Faber is releasing the new paperback edition of  Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's 2020 International Booker Prize-winning novel The Discomfort of Evening today (23rd September), five months earlier than scheduled.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 14:54:22 UTC ]
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Spain’s Liber20 Prizes: Elkar Bookstores, Netflix’s ‘El Vecino,’ and ZendaLibros

The Liber20 awards from the Spanish publishers go to Basque Country booksellers, a graphic novel adapted to television, and a literary site. The post Spain’s Liber20 Prizes: Elkar Bookstores, Netflix’s ‘El Vecino,’ and ZendaLibros appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-18 19:08:35 UTC ]
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The Whiting Foundation has announced its 2020 Literary Magazine Prize awardees.

Today, the Whiting Foundation announced the five print and digital winners for its third annual Literary Magazine Prizes. Since launching in 2018, the Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes seek to recognize, reward, and support publications that actively nurture writers who produce extraordinary... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 12:00:53 UTC ]
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Five Win 2020 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes

The 2020 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes were announced today and were given to 'Conjunctions,' 'Foglifter,' 'Kweli,' 'Nat. Brut,' and 'One Story.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Eva Eland wins Klaus Flugge Prize

Eva Eland has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 23:50:00 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize announcement

Even for a prize that thrives on controversy, the omission of Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light from the Booker shortlist today is a big shock. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:24:12 UTC ]
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Jhalak Prize launches new award for children’s and YA

The Jhalak Prize, which annually awards the Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, has launched a new, second prize for books for children and young adults. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:13:10 UTC ]
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In ‘Here We Are,’ Booker Prize winner Graham Swift casts a spell

Swift’s novel is about young love and the little acts of chance and villainy that realign lives. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-14 10:34:15 UTC ]
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BookMachine reveals editorial board changes to enhance diversity

BookMachine has announced a new editorial board, with some former members stepping down to make way for change, to better reflect the diversity it hopes to see in the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 05:55:52 UTC ]
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#Merky Books announces second New Writers’ Prize

#Merky Books has announced the second annual #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, a competition that aims to discover unpublished, underrepresented writers aged 16-30 from the UK and Ireland.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 02:02:20 UTC ]
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Hall gets fourth shortlisting for BBC's £15k short story award

Sarah Hall has been shortlisted for the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for the fourth time, after winning the prize in 2013.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 10:46:38 UTC ]
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McAnulty, Demick and Summerscale make Baillie Gifford Prize longlist

Dara McAnulty has become the youngest Baillie Gifford Prize longlisted author ever, joining previous winners Barbara Demick and Kate Summerscale in the running for this year's £50,000 non-fiction award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 02:50:25 UTC ]
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Jacob P Avila wins Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize

Jacob P Avila has won this year's Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript, for his contemporary thriller Cave Diver. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 12:39:04 UTC ]
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Women's Prize scooped by O'Farrell for 'exceptional' Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell has won the Women's Prize for Fiction with her “exceptional” novel Hamnet (Tinder Press), inspired by the life and death of Shakespeare’s only son. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 11:26:53 UTC ]
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