A year after Marlon James and his indie press Oneworld beat publishing giants to win the Man Booker, three independent publishers have made the 2016 longlist. But what effect does the ‘mother of all prizes’ have on tiny teams?Man Booker 2016 longlist – in picturesAlongside heavy hitters such as JM Coetzee and Elizabeth Strout, published by imprints of the international giant Penguin Random House, this year’s Man Booker prize longlist also featured a new face: Graeme Macrae Burnet, whose second novel comes to readers courtesy of tiny independent Scottish press, Saraband.In the midst of rushing through a reprint after Wednesday’s announcement, publisher Sara Hunt’s phone is ringing off the hook with sales, rights and publicity inquiries. Macrae Burnet’s novel, His Bloody Scotland, “went out of stock straight away,” she says, and she and her one full-time colleague are working round the clock to make sure it will be available to readers next week. Related: Novel written in a VW campervan makes Man Booker longlist Related: Not the Booker prize 2016: vote for your favourite book of the year Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jokha Alharthi’s inventive multigenerational tale, “Celestial Bodies,” is also the first novel by an Omani woman to be translated into English. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-21 15:10:57 UTC ]
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Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and British author Bernadine Evaristo won the 2019 Booker Prize and will splite the prize money. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-15 11:38:46 UTC ]
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Both 'The Testaments' by Margaret Atwood, and 'Girl, Woman, Other,' by Bernardine Evaristo, were judged to be worthy of the 2019 Booker Prize. The two authors will split the £50,000 prize money. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize on Monday, after the judging panel ripped up the rule book and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-10-14 20:58:08 UTC ]
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It's the height of literary award season and WD senior editor Amy Jones considers what prizes like The Booker Prize have to offer readers and writers. The post Benefits of The Booker Prize and Other Literary Awards for Writers (Besides the Money) by Amy Jones appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-10-14 19:33:33 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize has been jointly won by Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Chatto & Windus) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 08:52:37 UTC ]
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As reported in The Republic, Columbus, Ohio’s Mason Engel had already tried to get his self-published reboot of Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, into the hands of New York literary agents—like, right into their actual hands. After reaching number one in Amazon’s dystopian fiction category,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-25 15:11:55 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize has reassured readers the £50,000 literary award has “not yet been decided” – after a bookshop mistakenly branded copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments with a “winner” sticker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 10:52:14 UTC ]
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BBC Radio 4 series "Front Row" has announced Booker Prize-shortlisted authors will meet its listeners as part of new plans to cover the award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 07:33:32 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize’s "wide-ranging and diverse" shortlist has been met with a broadly positive response from the trade, though there is surprise from some that authors like Max Porter missed out on the final six. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 10:36:45 UTC ]
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Gaby Wood, literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, championed the "inclusive" nature of the award's current entry criteria at last night's celebration of the 2019 shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 02:23:00 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed with Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie in the running for the £50,000 prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 10:45:33 UTC ]
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Penguin group rejects claim of censorship after halting publication of Simon Akam’s The Changing of the GuardAfter beating four other publishing houses in an auction, William Heinemann was in no doubt that The Changing of the Guard would more than reward the five-figure advance it paid to its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-08-18 06:59:05 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize has remained tightlipped over speculation that Lee Child will join the judging panel for the 2020 prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 09:45:34 UTC ]
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A major release from Patricia Cornwell, new writings from Mindy Kaling, Andy Weir, Blake Crouch, NK Jemisin and more in the wake of APub's Dean Koontz deal. The post The Week’s Big Story: Amazon Publishing on Wooing Dean Koontz appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-26 06:30:49 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize Foundation revealed the longlist for its literary award Tuesday, with Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Valeria Luiselli and Jeanette Winterson among the nominees. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-24 19:43:58 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood is longlisted for this year's £50,000 Booker Prize for her "terrifying and exhilarating" sequel The Testaments (Chatto & Windus) alongside fellow former winner Salman Rushdie, in the first year the prize has been sponsored by charitable foundation Crankstart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 23:49:31 UTC ]
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Submissions have opened today for the 2020 International Booker Prize, with a judging panel to be chaired by the Southbank Centre’s Ted Hodgkinson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 19:52:26 UTC ]
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Husband and wife Sir Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman are among the 50 wealthiest individuals or families in the UK, worth £3bn, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Sandstone Press, Serpent's Tail, and And Other Stories are represented in this year's Man Booker International Prize shortlist for work in translation. The post Five Women Authors, Six Women Translators on Man Booker International Shortlist appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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