Femi Kayode wins Little, Brown Award for crime fiction

University of East Anglia creative writing student Femi Kayode has won the £3,000 Little, Brown Award for crime fiction for the manuscript for his "shocking and emotional story", Lightseekers. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raven wins drinking game thriller on pre-empt

Raven Books has pre-empted a thriller, Never Have I Ever, about a drunken game which goes wrong from US author Joshilyn Jackson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards 2019 shortlists announced

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has announced its 2019 shortlist for its annual awards, featuring nominations for novelists Guy Gunaratne, Nicola Mostyn and Mary Lynn Bracht. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile wins auction for 'compelling' UK prison system investigation

Profile Books has won a six-way auction to publish former probation officer Eleanor Fellowes’ investigation into the UK’s prison system. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ishiguro to be awarded Bodley Medal

The Bodleian Libraries will present novelist Kazuo Ishiguro with the Bodley Medal, the Libraries’ highest honour, in April.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize returns for second year

The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize has returned for a second year, newly expanded, with partners across the world and a new residency in Andalucia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polis Books Launches Diversity-Focused Crime Imprint

In an effort to attract a more diverse roster of writers, Polis Books founder Jason Pinter is launching Agora Books, a diversity-focused imprint specializing in crime and mystery fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year

Books from Granta, Hodder & Stoughton and Pan Macmillan have been unveiled as Foyles’ Books of the Year, with Convenience Store Woman by Japanese author Sayaka Murata taking the fiction crown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blair and Le Brun take the RSL's Giles St Aubyn Awards

Laurence Blair and Lily Le Brun have won the Royal Society of Literature (RLS) Giles St Aubyn Awards for first commissioned works of non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter James and Lynda La Plante to headline new festival Capital Crime

Peter James and Lynda La Plante have been announced as headline guests at Adam Hamdy and David Headley's new London-based crime and thriller festival, Capital Crime 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AR will help reading win the screen-time battle

Bookful's Benny Arbel explains how AR technology can help children engage with stories and information. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women triumph at An Post Irish Book Awards

Women writers have excelled at the An Post Irish Book Awards, taking home the majority of awards for the first time, with authors such as Sally Rooney, Liz Nugent and Emilie Pine among the winning authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten children’s editors win scouting trip to Bologna

Ten editors from publishers such as Nosy Crow, Penguin Random House and Little Tiger have won a place on a funded scouting trip to Bologna to look for foreign-language titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Norway’s ‘Bookstore Award,’ the UK’s SpecSavers Winners

The winner of  Norway's 2018 'Bookstore Award,' chosen by booksellers, is a novel based on the country's World War II-era past. And in the UK, SpecSavers names a dozen prize winners. The post Industry Notes: Norway’s ‘Bookstore Award,’ the UK’s SpecSavers Winners appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shamsie's Home Fire continues to burn bright with £10k Hellenic Prize win

Kamila Shamsie has been awarded 2017's £10,000 London Hellenic Prize, given to the best book inspired by or relating to Greece, for Home Fire (Bloomsbury). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guy Ware wins 2018's London Short Story Prize

Guy Ware's short story "the year of peace" has been crowned the winner of 2018's London Short Story Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aspen Words Prize Longlist of 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction

This is the second year of operation for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, which stresses fiction that has social impact, work specifically addressing contemporary issues. The post Aspen Words Prize Longlist of 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lantana wins place on business accelerator programme

Inclusive publisher Lantana has won a place on the OXFO L.E.V8 accelerator programme for entrepreneurial start-ups. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Kinsella to receive Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award

Irish poet Thomas Kinsella, 90, has been chosen as the recipient of 2018's Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s Costa Book Awards Shortlists: Half Debuts, £35,000 in Prize Money

The Costa Book Awards for 2018 drew a record 641 entries across the program's five categories. In January, the five category winners will be announced, followed  by the overall winner's ceremony. The post The UK’s Costa Book Awards Shortlists: Half Debuts, £35,000 in Prize Money appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Full boil: foreign language entry wins 2018 Diagram Prize

For the first time in the 40-year life of the world’s most prestigious literary gong, a foreign-language tome, Joy of Waterboiling, has won the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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