Scottish publishers and book festivals are among the recipients of £2m of funding from Creative Scotland. The arts organisation has awarded grants of between £1,500 and £100,000 to 88 different artists and groups across Scotland, including Freight Books and the Borders Book Festival. Freight Books, based in Glasgow, has been awarded £69,889 as part of the Open Project Funding, allowing it to continue as "one of Scotland's leading publishers of fiction, poetry and general non-fiction", according to the citation. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Hedge fund Chatham Asset Management says it will pay $312 million to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy protection Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-07-25 15:28:47 UTC ]
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Granta is to publish The Lobster's Shell by Danish writer Caroline Albertine Minor, her first work to have an English-language translation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 21:27:50 UTC ]
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HarperNorth, the new Manchester-based division of HarperCollins, has signed Melissa Reddy's account of Liverpool FC's 2020 Premiership title win as its first acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 01:52:28 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired The Butterfly Waltz and one other title by debut author Julie Owen Moylan at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 18:32:25 UTC ]
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Industry notes: The Federation of European Publishers is backing efforts to see the cultural sector included in EU Special Council meetings, while Bonnier donates to open a ‘Reading Fund’ in Germany. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson FEP’s Manifesto: ‘European Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-17 17:40:53 UTC ]
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With the August recess looming and a second round of coronavirus relief in the works, $2 billion in funding for libraries hangs in the balance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Review has won Radhika Sanghani's first novel for adults, 30 Things I Love About Myself, in a "heated" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 00:46:50 UTC ]
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HQ has triumphed in a five-way auction for the “deliciously provocative” debut adult novel from Laurie Elizabeth Flynn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 18:55:22 UTC ]
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Tyson Fury's autobiography Behind the Mask (Century) has won Sports Book of the Year at this year's Telegraph Sports Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 15:05:13 UTC ]
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Artists including writer Nina George and singer Björk have called for the European Council to provide extra funding for Europe's cultural sector following the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 03:48:46 UTC ]
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The Borough Press has won a three-way auction for the adult debut by Emily M Danforth, an “utterly immersive and hugely compelling” queer gothic novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 01:51:54 UTC ]
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It’s been quite a year for Colson Whitehead! First, he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction (again) and then he received the Orwell Prize for political fiction. And now the Library of Congress is honoring him with their lifetime achievement prize. (Previous recipients include Toni Morrison, Denis... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-14 15:56:24 UTC ]
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Hedge fund Chatham plans to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-07-12 18:20:00 UTC ]
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Authors, shut out of holding in-person events at bookstores, have adapted to the digital book event, and book launches are getting more creative and collaborative as a result. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has triumphed in a six-way auction for I Heard What You Said by Jeffrey Boakye, a “smart and witty” look at racism in British schools. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 18:10:33 UTC ]
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Sphere is publishing debut author Jacqueline Bublitz’s novel Before You Knew My Name, pitched as "The Lovely Bones for a new generation", plus a second book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 08:04:20 UTC ]
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The Guildford Book Festival is appealing for funds for the first time in its 31-year history, after learning the Covid-19 pandemic could make this October's edition its last. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 01:35:14 UTC ]
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Kate Clanchy and Colson Whitehead have won this year's £3,000 Orwell Prizes for Political Writing and Political Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 18:45:32 UTC ]
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Virago has acquired I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown in an eight-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 21:39:52 UTC ]
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Poet and reggae recording artist Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 for his commitment to political expression in his work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 08:46:24 UTC ]
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