The Littlest Yak by debut author Lu Fraser and illustrator Kate Hindley (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) has won the £10,000 Oscar’s Book Prize 2021. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 04:12:57 UTC ]
Over the last 15 months during the pandemic my reading has been all over the shop. Sometimes I have almost been unable to put a book down, so desperate am I to escape the reality and the news, sometimes I have been unable to pick up a book, as reality and the news has been too much. Do you know... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 20:22:13 UTC ]
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Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon have won the age three to six category at the UKLA Awards, the annual national book prize judged by teachers, with Look Up! (Puffin). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 18:44:26 UTC ]
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The author was repeatedly told that no one wanted to read fun books with disabled heroes. Now she has won the £5,000 Waterstones children’s book prize for her debut, A Kind of SparkWhen Scottish author Elle McNicoll was first trying to enter the publishing world, she was repeatedly told that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-07-01 05:01:05 UTC ]
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Elle McNicoll has been named overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2021 for her debut novel A Kind of Spark (Knights Of). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-30 15:03:18 UTC ]
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A “heart-racing” thriller, How Far Will You Go, by debut author Dandy Smith has been signed by Embla Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-24 03:03:50 UTC ]
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The Littlest Yak by debut author Lu Fraser and illustrator Kate Hindley (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) has won the £10,000 Oscar’s Book Prize 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 04:12:57 UTC ]
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Last year, when New York City was the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in America, Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson decided to create a new annual award, the Gotham Book Prize, as part of an effort to “honor New York City and support the novelists who best captured the spirit of our city,” as... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-04-06 13:00:34 UTC ]
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Hodder has bought two books by debut author and publisher Jacquie Bloese, including “a brilliantly moving historical novel”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-21 20:20:26 UTC ]
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Debut author of Yinka, Where is Your Huzband, Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, and her editor Katy Loftus at Penguin, dish the dirt on the reality behind the dream of being published. Read the previous part here. THE AUTHOR: LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-18 18:28:05 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction editorial director Charlotte Mursell has pre-empted The Truth Will Out, a "claustrophobic tale of obsession" from debut author Rosemary Hennigan, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-18 10:13:32 UTC ]
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The leading award in German-language fiction opens its 2021 competition with the appointment of seven new jurors and €25,000 for the winner. The post German Book Prize Names Its 2021 Jury, Opens Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-09 15:02:11 UTC ]
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In Firekeeper’s Daughter, debut author Angeline Boulley explores protagonist Daunis’s internal dilemmas over family legacy, personal tragedy and pursuing her own purpose in life, while making difficult decisions to keep her community safe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon and Schuster UK is to publish debut author Soon Wiley's "wonderfully layered" novel When We Fell Apart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 17:40:14 UTC ]
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Malorie Blackman, author of the bestselling Noughts & Crosses series, and Dapo Adeola, illustrator of the Waterstones Book Prize winning picture book Look Up!, are collaborating on a picture book: We’re Going to Find the Monster. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 23:42:24 UTC ]
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In the final month of 2020, we retired two books to our Hall of Fame: one from a debut author and the other from a two-time veteran. The post The Millions Top Ten: December 2020 appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2021-01-20 11:00:11 UTC ]
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Debut author of Yinka Where is Your Huzband, Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, and her editor Katy Loftus at Penguin, dish the dirt on the reality behind the dream of being published. Read the previous part here. THE AUTHOR: LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN My phone buzzed. My heart thudded. I had just... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-15 09:13:55 UTC ]
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"It's really special that, with a book about female friendship, we have genuinely become friends through doing it,” says Lauren Ace. She is talking about illustrator Jenny Løvlie, and the pair’s début picture book The Girls, which was published in 2018 and went on to win Illustrated Book of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-08 01:57:49 UTC ]
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The Thursday Murder Club sees off titles by Barack Obama and David Walliams in chaotic week for Britain’s book tradeRichard Osman’s cosy mystery about a group of elderly sleuths, The Thursday Murder Club, has become the first debut novel ever to become the Christmas No 1, selling a remarkable... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-12-22 15:00:18 UTC ]
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Avon has scooped The Arctic Curry Club by debut author and travel writer Dani Redd. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 05:19:17 UTC ]
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This debut author has learned not to read the comments about his new book, “The Black Friend.” Some are supportive; others contain death threats. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-12-17 10:00:02 UTC ]
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