Booker Prize reverses decision on Ming-Yi's nationality listing

The Booker Prize Foundation has reversed its controversial decision on how to list Wu Ming-Yi’s nationality on its website following a row over the situation. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Shortlist for Kim Scott Walwyn Prize revealed

Editors and marketing and publicity managers from Little, Brown, Random House and  indies,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber launches writing prize

Faber has set up a new prize in memory of author Gordon Burn, alongside New Writing North and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber launches Burn memorial prize

Faber has set up a new prize in memory of author Gordon Burn, alongside New Writing North and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian and Hot Keys launch young writers prize

Hot Keys Books has partnered with the Guardian to launch a new young person’s writing prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage Classics launches children's list

Vintage Classics has launched a new children’s list featuring such out-of-copyright... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize for Malcolm X book

The late Manning Marable has won the Pulitzer Prize for history, honoured for a Malcolm X book he worked on for decades, but did not live to see published. For the first time in 35 years, no fiction prize was given. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize for history, but not for fiction

The late Manning Marable won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for history, honored for a Malcolm X book. But no Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boston Globe Film Critic Wesley Morris Honored with 2012 Pulitzer Prize

Boston Globe film critic Wesley Morris was awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for criticism Monday. Morris, 36, who joined the Globe staff in 2002, won the prize for a range of movie reviews and essays published in 2011. Among the pieces submitted with ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children's launches literary prize

Macmillan Children’s Books is launching a £10,000 literary prize to be judged by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 most challenged books on the American Library Association's 2011 list

The 'ttyl' series by Lauren Myracle and 'The Color of Earth' by Kim Dong Hwa top the 2011 rankings of most challenged books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate fires up cookery list

Canongate is stepping into the kitchen for the first time, publishing its first cookery titles... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ASME Announces 2012 National Magazine Awards Finalists

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) today announced the finalists for the 2012 National Magazine Awards, known familiarly as the Ellies. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Miller's Pure in running for Walter Scott Prize

Andrew Miller's Costa Book of the Year-winning Pure (Sceptre) has been shortlisted for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alma gets classical with 300-strong list

Independent publisher Alma Books is planning to bring more "flair and quality" to its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duddle wins children's book prize

Jonny Duddle, the concept artist for Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, is named overall winner of the prestigious Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cooking with Poo scoops Odd-Title Prize

Cooking with Poo, a Thai cookbook penned by Bangkok resident Saiyuud Diwong and published in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Duddle wins Waterstones Children's Book Prize

Jonny Duddle, a concept artist for the new Aardman Animation film "The Pirates! In An... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hitchens longlisted for Orwell Prize

The longlist for the Orwell Prize for political writing has been announced, with late author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Star Wars' novels: still on bestseller lists

The newest 'Star Wars' novel, 'Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse,' holds the No. 8 slot on the New York Times bestseller list. Success has become the norm for the books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Young Reader Prizes Opens For Entries

Newspapers have until 4 May to submit an entry to the World Young Reader Prizes, the annual awards from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) that recognize success in engaging the young. The awards in five categories - E ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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