Hannah Rothschild has a chance to become the second two-time winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 21:51:33 UTC ]
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Avon has signed two books from debut author Louise Sharland following a competition with the Big Issue to find a new crime writing voice. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 04:45:22 UTC ]
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David Walliams and Tony Ross' The World's Worst Parents (HarperCollins) has rocketed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 74,328 copies in its first three days on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 19:39:47 UTC ]
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Alys Conran and Niall Griffiths are among writers shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award, which includes a new category for children's books for 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-03 06:05:19 UTC ]
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One hundred and fifty members of staff at W H Smith's head offices in London and Swindon have entered redundancy consultations, the retailer has confirmed to The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 04:43:21 UTC ]
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Verso has two books on the shortlist for the Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2020, administered by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-30 00:47:19 UTC ]
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Over the weekend, the winners for this year’s Locus Awards were announced. For a little otherworldly, escapist fiction, read on! (Also, can we talk about this rocket-shaped trophy? The winners must be over the moon!) * SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-29 15:20:49 UTC ]
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Faber and Profile Books are to publish two new Alan Bennett "Talking Heads" monologues, to be published together under the title Two Besides. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 11:52:59 UTC ]
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The YA Book Prize launched in 2014 to award a YA title written by an author living in the UK ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-19 10:36:00 UTC ]
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The shortlists for this year's Telegraph Sports Book Awards have been revealed, with titles from England Rugby coach Eddie Jones and British Lions coach Warren Gatland jostling for Rugby Writers Book of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 13:50:00 UTC ]
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The modern remake of XIII, the early 2000’s first-person shooter based on the Belgian graphic novel of the same name, will finally be available for PC and the latest consoles this holiday season after a year-long delay. A remake of the game is headin... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-06-13 18:44:28 UTC ]
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Nineteen books from 15 countries and 13 languages have won English PEN’s flagship translation awards, including the first novel from South Sudan ever to be published in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 01:27:30 UTC ]
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Oyinkan Braithwaite, Abir Mukherjee and Mick Herron are among the writers shortlisted for this year's Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 14:43:18 UTC ]
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This year's Comedy Women in Print Prize shortlists have been revealed, and feature Candice Carty-Williams, Jeanette Winterson and Beth O'Leary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 04:36:56 UTC ]
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Louise Kennedy has made the six-strong shortlist for this year's Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for the second year running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-07 17:27:57 UTC ]
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'Publishers Weekly' and the U.K.'s' BookBrunch' announced the five titles chosen for the shortlist for the Selfies book awards for self-published authors in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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ReedPop moved BookExpo and BookCon online last week when it was forced to cancel the in-person events because of the pandemic. The most popular attraction was BookConline's Sunday session, which generated nearly 240,000 views. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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On the 1st of June, the day thousands of pupils returned to school as part of the government’s plan to end lockdown, I received a call from my manager. As a bookseller with Blackwell’s, I had been glad when we shut our doors in March to protect the health of our staff and customers. I imagined... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 02:42:56 UTC ]
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Everyman’s Library has launched a podcast hosted by broadcaster James Naughtie which will see him discuss classic works of literature with a guest each episode. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 01:10:45 UTC ]
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Anne Griffin and David Nott have made the shortlist for this year's £10,000 RSL Christopher Bland Prize, which goes to a debut author aged 50 or over. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 14:09:31 UTC ]
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Vietnam's Liberal Publishing House has been announced as this year's International Publisher's Association's Prix Voltaire laureate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 06:37:25 UTC ]
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