Bill Clegg, Anne Enright, Marlon James, Laila Lalami, Tom McCarthy, Chigozie Obioma, Andrew O'Hagan, Marilynne Robinson, Anuradha Roy, Sunjeev Sahota, Anna Smaill, Anne Tyler and Hanya Yanagihara are this year's Man Booker "Dozen", longlisted for the £50,000 prize. There are five US authors on the longlist, with three British writers and one each from Ireland, New Zealand, India, Nigeria and Jamaica; four books published by independent publishers; and three debut writers. Jonathan Cape has three books on the list, with Picador following with two books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The judges of the 2015 Branford Boase have longlisted 18 "very varied" books for this year’s award, including the YA Book Prize-shortlisted Trouble by Non Pratt (Walker Books) and Half Bad by Sally Green (Penguin). The Branford Boase is given every year to the author and editor of a debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsflash: check out which debut authors and their editors have made the list for this literary prize! As any author will tell you, great books are a bit of a team effort – especially their first book – and that’s why the Branford Boase award was launched 15 years ago This award is given every... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors from nine different countries have been longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). Three Lebanese authors made the longlist: Antoine Douaihy for Drowning in Lake Morez (Dar al-Mourad); Jabbour Douaihy for The American Neighbourhood (Saqi Books); and Jana... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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July's upcoming book has received many positive reviews, with critics calling it 'compelling' and 'visionary,' though some felt that parts of the story were contrived and that some sections tried too hard to shock the reader. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Molly Manning, author of 'When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II' (HMH, 9780544535022 ) will appear on WNYC’s the 'Leonard Lopate Show' on Friday, December 19. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poetry, Young Adult titles and a Booker Prize winning author feature on the list of books to be given away during World Book Night 2015. Special editions of the 20 titles will all be given away by thousands of volunteers, who can now begin applying to take part in the annual event on 23rd April... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Atkinson, Nathan Filer and J K Rowling are among the 19 British authors competing for the €100,000 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The longlist for the prize, now in its 20th year and given annually for a novel written in English or translated into English, features titles... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarra Manning is to move from Transworld to Little, Brown’s Sphere for her next two adult novels. Manning’s move brings her adult publishing into the same house as her most recent YA publishing – her last two YA novels The Worst Girlfriend in the World and Adorkable were published by Atom,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri and Kamila Shamsie are among the 10 authors longlisted for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams notched up his fourth consecutive week atop the Official UK Top 50, while the Man Booker Prize proved a massive boost for Richard Flanagan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1990, Susan Orlean published a book called Saturday Night, in which she set out to document how Americans spend their weekly reprieve from work. “Saturday night,” she wrote, “is when you want to do what you want to do and not what you have to do.” One thing people want to do on Saturday night... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mans photo published in front-page stories on Abdul Numan Haider, shot dead by police after allegedly stabbing two officers Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The list of 10 finalists includes a previous National Book Award winner, two finalists for the award, two Pulitzer Prize winners, and two first time authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has announced the 2014 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memoirs dominate the longlist of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, with the personal... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel The Illuminations will be published by Faber on 5th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2014 Polari First Book Prize is continuing its tradition of supporting self-published titles... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The innovative artist hopes to contribute to the 'thrilling independent American literary landscape' with his label's expansion White: 'I'm like Larry David, Alan Partridge and Chris Rock'Jack White's Third Man Records is expanding: the label will officially launch its new publishing wing next... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Irish-based newspaper publisher, Independent News & Media (INM), has appointed a former Tesco executive, Robert Pitt, to be its chief executive. The experienced supermarket executive will take up the position in the autumn. Pitt, a 43-year-old Irishman, is currently chief operations... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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