The annual Prize for American Fiction, one of the LoC's most prestigious awards, honors an American literary writer "whose body of work is distinguished not only for its mastery of the art but also for its originality of thought and imagination." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Francis Spufford has been awarded the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize for his "miraculously constructed" debut Golden Hill (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A coloring book may sound tame, but "Legacy: An Off-Color Novella for You to Color," is by Chuck Palahniuk. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel Shand has been named the winner of this year's £10,000 Betty Trask Prize for his darkly comic novel Fallow (Sandstone Press) at the Society of Authors’ annual awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The NEA has issued 1,195 new grants, totaling $84.06 million, to arts organizations across the country. The awards come as the organization faces the prospect of being eliminated under the White House's proposed budget. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe Yonan, the editor of 'America: The Great Cookbook,' discusses the challenges of representing the American food scene, in all of its complexity diversity, in a single volume. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Non-fiction powerhouse Ebury has quietly grown a staunchly successful fiction outfit. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An army of caterpillars and a troop of monkeys also help US children's illustrator Lane Smith win a top book award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish writer Sebastian Barry has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for a second time for his American epic Days Without End (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops, libraries and schools are preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with quizzes, events and an attempt to break a world record. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian John Bew has won the £3,000 Orwell Prize for Books 2017 for his biography of former Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee, published by riverrun/Quercus. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has bought a novel and a non-fiction “companion piece” by Mexican author Valeria Luiselli. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milkweed Editions is launching the $10,000 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize for debut collections, in honor of the young poet who died of cancer in 2016, weeks before his debut collection was published by the Minneapolis-based nonprofit press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A look at some ongoing federal, state, and local librarian-led campaigns to demonstrate the value of libraries in the community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The librarian of Congress and the novelist, poet, and bookstore owner have been named the winners of the 2017 WNBA Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ALA Digital Content Working Group is ending, but the conversation about ebooks in libraries is not. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Expanded into a full day conference, the NBF's Why Reading Matters awarded its $10,000 Innovations in Reading Prize to Alvin Irby of Barbership Books and featured a keynote address by novelist and new bookstore owner, Emma Straub. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Israeli writer David Grossman's A Horse Walks Into a Bar, translated by Jessica Cohen and published by Jonathan Cape, has won this year's Man Booker International Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romy Short, assessment director at Renaissance, on how assessment technologies can help get children reading. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British-born translator Jessica Cohen and Israeli author David Grossman share the £50,000 Man Booker International purse for 'A Horse Walks Into a Bar.' The post Author David Grossman and Translator Jessica Cohen Win the 2017 Man Booker International Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than half of Bristol’s libraries have been slated for closure as the City Council attempts to make £4.7m worth of savings. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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