Roddy Doyle will judge the Gordon Burn Prize 2015, along with actress Maxine Peake and journalist Suzanne Moore. They will be will be joined on the judging panel by novelist and journalist Doug Johnstone and artist Gavin Turk. The £5,000 prize, launched in 2012 to celebrate innovation in literature, is a partnership between New Writing North, the Gordon Burn Trust and Faber and Faber, publishers of Gordon’s work. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The winners of the 2020 Windham-Campbell Prizes have been announced. Each will receive $165,000 each to support their work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The award from the New-York Historical Society honors the first installment of his planned trilogy about the American Revolution, which emphasizes the conflict’s costs and uncertainties. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-03-17 12:00:06 UTC ]
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Linda Grant has won the 2020 Wingate Literary Prize for her "compelling love letter to London life", A Stranger City (Virago). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-16 01:49:46 UTC ]
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The Polari Prize will celebrate a decade of championing fresh literary talent this year with a UK tour for its literary salon as submissions open for its flagship First Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 11:36:23 UTC ]
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers has launched a non-fiction writing prize for trans and non-binary writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 09:48:12 UTC ]
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The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has unveiled this year’s longlist after "lively debates" among the judges. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 10:22:42 UTC ]
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The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour has unveiled its longlist for 2020 with debut author Candice Carty-Williams making the list alongside children's authors Dean Atta and Jasbinder Bilan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 13:35:48 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are launching The Novel Prize, a $10,000 biennial award for book-length fiction by published or unpublished authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 09:34:44 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel's eagerly awaited The Mirror and the Light, Bernardine Evaristo's Man Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other, and Candice Carty-Williams' acclaimed debut Queenie are among the 16 titles competing for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 00:51:10 UTC ]
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Booker shortlisted author and former Blackwell's bookseller Daisy Johnson has joined the judging panel for the Vintage Independent Bookseller of the Year Award 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 22:21:00 UTC ]
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Paul Theroux has received this year’s top prize at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, winning the Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 00:09:23 UTC ]
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Zadie Smith and Ben Lerner are among the eight authors shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 23:52:49 UTC ]
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Oxford University professor Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Silk Roads (Bloomsbury), will chair the jury for the 2020 Cundill History Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 17:35:45 UTC ]
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Bestselling author and screenwriter David Nicholls has joined the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award 2020 judging panel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-23 22:37:04 UTC ]
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The market for travel books has struggled in the past year, but publishers are finding ways to rise to the challenges of a tough retail environment, changing trends and a shift to more sustainable travel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 13:59:01 UTC ]
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It’s an exciting year for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes! This will be its 40th year of celebrating the literary community. The Times announced their 2019 Book Prize finalists today; the winners will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on April 17th. Additionally, bestselling crime... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-19 17:41:26 UTC ]
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The still-young Aspen Words Literary Prize's longlisted titles point up 'humor in the midst of serious situations'–in issue-driven fiction. The post Aspen Words $35,000 Literary Prize Names Its 2020 Finalists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-02-19 15:30:55 UTC ]
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The 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honor crime novelist Walter Mosley for lifetime achievement. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-02-19 14:00:25 UTC ]
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Our own Thomas Beckwith take a look at some notable books publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Burns, Adiga, Taylor, Phillips, Vollmann, and More appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-02-18 10:59:25 UTC ]
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A pitch-dark comedy on the wages of violence from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of "Milkman" Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-02-15 15:00:16 UTC ]
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