Faber associate publisher Louisa Joyner and publisher Alex Bowler have appealed to the Women's Prize to "revisit" its new rules around eligibility "to consider the lived experience of now excluded writers". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Female authors dominate this year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize, with 15 women making up the 21-strong line-up and two British authors in the mix. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Figures in the publishing industry have expressed frustration at the latest round of gender pay gap reports, which showed little progress had been made since 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The only one of six siblings to work at the family firm, Toby Faber stresses that long-term commitment, but not nepotism, lies at the heart of indie list Faber & Faber’s successful history. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The newly launched collective for women in publishing, Conduit, has found an expanded venue for its inaugural meeting next month after an overwhelming response saw all spaces snapped up within an hour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new group for women in publishing, Conduit, has been launched by A M Heath, with the first meeting scheduled for April. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judges praise the 13 finalists – all but two published by indie houses – for ‘enriching our idea of what fiction can do’The “finest works of translation from around the world” are almost exclusively published by independent presses – at least according to the Man Booker International prize,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women hold an impressive number of executive posts in French publishing. On International Women's Day, the hope is that more can move into top spots. The post International Women’s Day 2019: Progress Among Publishers in France appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist has been revealed, featuring Man Booker winner Anna Burns, Costa Novel Award winner Sally Rooney and seven debut novelists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jurors have been named in the 2019 German Book Prize competition. The winner will be announced on October 14 during the Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post German Publishers Association Names Its 2019 German Book Prize Jurors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The entry rules for this year’s Goldsmiths Prize have been changed to extend beyond authors born in the UK or Republic of Ireland with competition bosses eager to have a wider range of voices and greater diversity in texts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction is joining forces with the Comedy Women in Print Prize, with the publisher offering the winner a publishing contract and £5,000 advance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that resale of digital content as conceived by the startup ReDigi is a copyright infringement. The post Publishers Applaud Appeals Court Opinion in ‘Capitol Records v. ReDigi’ Copyright Case appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gwendoline Riley has scooped the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Fiction 2017 for her fifth novel First Love (Granta). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With her novel First Love, the 39-year-old author joins eminent former winners including Seamus Heaney and Alice OswaldGwendoline Riley’s unsparing depiction of an abusive relationship in her novel First Love has won her the Geoffrey Faber memorial prize.First Love, the English author’s fifth... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape publisher Robin Robertson has taken the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for his "convention-defying novel in verse" The Long Take (Pan Macmillan). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2019 Women’s Prize’s judging panel has been unveiled, featuring author and historian Kate Williams, writer Dolly Alderton, and Unbound’s Arifa Akbar among others. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global TV production company Fremantle has become a sponsor of the Women’s Prize for Fiction for 2019, as the award transforms into a charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Claire Collison, Anita Pati and Nina Mingya Powles have won the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize, celebrating poetry and the empowerment of women. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barring a settlement, the decade-old copyright case could still be far from a conclusion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New information in an updated court filing against Facebook has prompted publishers to reconsider the extent of the miscalculation they made when reallocating resources to video teams in an effort to capitalize on the potential of social video. The unredacted court filings, part of an ongoing... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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