Earlier this morning, the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) announced the winners of the 2020 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize for nonfiction and fiction/poetry. The Award, one of the few major literary prizes from a public library system, comes with a $5,000 purse. Previous winners include Carmen Maria Machado, Jeanne Theoharris, and Tressie Mcmillan Cottom. According […] The post Dr. Ruha Benjamin and Ocean Vuong have won the 2020 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize. first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-23 17:59:11 UTC ]
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'Light' came out months ago but is holding its own on bestseller lists among newer releases such as 'The Girl on the Train' by Paula Hawkins. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unlike Blinkbox Movies and Blinkbox Music, Tesco hasn't found a buyer for its underperforming Blinkbox Books service. We expected the ebook platform to quietly fade into the night, along with customers' purchases, but it seems Tesco has a parting gi... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government ministers will today (26th January) launch a scheme to provide books for people with dementia via public libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jhumpa Lahiri has won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 for The Lowland, published in the UK by Bloomsbury. Lahiri was named the winner of the $50,000 prize at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival taking place in India this week. The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is open to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CILIP Scotland will later this month launch an advocacy strategy for school libraries, pledging to campaign for libraries at national level. In the document, CILIP Scotland pledges to commission research on the impact of school libraries and librarians, provide advice and support to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What does the future of Library and Information Science look like? What do patrons expect from libraries? This infographic from USC has some answers. The post Infographic: Future of Library and Information Science Jobs appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Want to know when your favourite author has a new book out? What festivals are lighting up your holidays? When the awards are being dished out? Check out our literary calendar for 2015, the year the new Children’s Laureate is announced…Have we missed anything? Email us at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Has the editor of The Bookseller compared the fall of print sales of adult fiction since 2009 by more than £150m with the massively declined budgets of public libraries over the same five-year period (The writing’s on the wall for adult fiction in print, 14 January). This is also conditioned by... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guidelines for writers have come to light telling them to avoid mention of anything which might offend overseas marketsStringent guidelines from educational publishers, that warn textbook authors off touching on topics from pork to horoscopes to avoid offending students in other countries, have... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Harsent has won the T S Eliot Prize for his collection Fire Songs, published by Faber. It is the the poet's first win, after being five times shortlisted for the prize. Harsent beat nine other poets to secure the prize, include three previous winners, John Burnside, Michael Longley and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Man Booker Prize has made significant tweaks to its rules for 2015, abandoning its former rule on the availability of print books following the longlist announcement, placing time limits on the eligibility of titles published outside the UK, and defining the term "publisher" more closely. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scotland's Falkirk council is consulting on cuts to its school library service (SLS) which managers say would wipe out the service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone's William Heinemann imprint has confirmed that its plan to publish Michel Houellebecq's new novel Submission this autumn is "unaltered". The controversial novel, newly released in France by Flammarion, imagines a future France with a Muslim president, and has come into sharpened... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the attack at 'Charlie Hebdo,' PEN called for renewed efforts to protect "those working on the front lines of free expression.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Officials in Birmingham are hoping that a deal with the British Library could help protect the flagship Library of Birmingham from cuts. According to a report in the Birmingham Post, the council is initiating talks which could see the Library of Birmingham become a regional centre for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Keats-Shelley prize, launched in 1998 to celebrate the lives and works of the Romantic poets, has launched a new competition for teen writers. To enter the Young Romantics prize, teenagers aged 16-18 can write a poem or short story that is inspired by the work or lives of the Romantic... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patron privacy has long been a concern for libraries and library users in the digital age. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pirated versions of the latest novel of French author Michel Houllebecq, who is never far from controversy, have been available on several internet sites some 10 days before publication in his native country on 7th January. According to press reports, non-final proofs of Soumission... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More top publishers are opting into programmatic ad networks to sell premium advertising. Varick Media Management recently signed exclusive deals with Time Inc., News Corp., American Media Inc. and Wenner Media and will help them sell ad units that feature photography, videos and other types of... Continue reading at AdWeek
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