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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Award-winning composer's debut to Jonathan Cape

Penguin Random House is to publish an "atmospheric debut" by alternative-folk artist Kerry Andrew entitled Swansong. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amy McKay wins school librarian of the year award

Amy McKay from Corby Business Academy has been announced as the winner of the School Librarian of the Year award, organised by the School Library Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Orr wins BBC National Short Story Award

Debut British author K J Orr has beaten off competition from Booker Prize-winning Hilary Mantel to win the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with BookTrust for 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five unpublished biographies in contention for £2,000 prize

The Biographers' Club has revealed the shortlist for the 2016 Tony Lothian Prize, which awards £2,000 to the best proposal for an uncommissioned first biography. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Changes Coming This Fall for Spanish-Language Publishers

The change of seasons has brought changes in the landscape of Spanish-language book publishing. In September, the Celebra imprint announced that it will stop acquiring new titles, and the Sélector USA imprint launched. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MJ wins 'fastest-selling debut' thriller in nine-way auction

Michael Joseph has won a new debut thriller, The Chalk Man by C J Tudor, in a nine-way publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cassava Republic title makes the Goldsmiths Prize shortlist

Books from Jonathan Cape and Faber and Faber, as well as new African literature publisher Cassava Republic, are on the shortlist for this year’s Goldsmiths Prize, run by Goldsmiths University in association with the New Statesman. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Rabbit adaptation coming in 2018

Sony’s Columbia Pictures has announced it is creating a live-action, CG motion picture based on the works of Beatrix Potter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donoghue, Thien Among the Shortlisted for Canada's Giller Prize

The shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, which awards $100,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English, includes works by Emma Donoghue and Mona Awad. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gourmet Gallery at Frankfurt: Serving a ‘Global Language’

Sometimes referred to as 'the area of indulgence' at Frankfurt Book Fair, the Gourmet Gallery combines cookbook publishing and foodie-wooing events in Hall 3.1. The post Gourmet Gallery at Frankfurt: Serving a ‘Global Language’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joey Barton autobiography longlisted for William Hill sports book prize

An autobiography by "one of football's most controversial figures", Joey Barton, has been longlisted for the 2016 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Claudia Rankine says of her MacArthur, 'the prize is being given to the subject' of race in America

Poet Claudia Rankine was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship grant for her work that engages with contemporary American culture, particularly issues of race. Her most recent book, 2014’s  “Citizen,” racked up stacks of awards for its searing take on the personal and political, including the death... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will winning the MacArthur fellowship allow Lauren Redniss to give up her Murphy bed studio?

Lauren Redniss was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship for her nonfiction graphic storytelling, work that is both grounded and distinctly artful. “Radioactive,” about the relationship between Pierre and Marie Curie and their scientific discoveries, was a finalist for the National Book Award; it was... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British authors dominate Cundill Prize longlist

Winner of the Royal Society Book Prize, Andrea Wulf, is one of four British authors to have made the six-strong longlist for the 2016 Cundill Prize for Historical Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nobel winner Alexievich longlisted for Baillie Gifford Prize

The winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, is among the names on the 2016 longlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2016 German Book Prize Shortlist Highlights Six New Novels

Out of 156 original submissions, the seven-member jury led by Christoph Schröder chose six novels for the prestigious German Book Prize shortlist. The post 2016 German Book Prize Shortlist Highlights Six New Novels appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These authors are in the running for the $50,000 Kirkus Prize book awards

The Kirkus Prizes, which at $50,000 each are among the most lucrative literary prizes in the country, announced their finalists Tuesday morning. The awards, sponsored by the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews, are given in three categories: fiction, nonfiction and young readers' literature.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T&F and Wiley win ALPSP Innovation Awards

Taylor & Francis’s novel approach to article marketing Cartoon Abstracts and Wiley’s drug creation aide Wiley ChemPlanner have both won Awards for Innovation in Publishing given by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russia to Foreign Publishers: Come Back

The Moscow International Book Fair is actively courting western publishers to return to a show that this year counted no American publishers and very few from Europe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Glendale parents say Spanish-language textbook reinforces negative stereotypes

Amid parents’ concerns that a Spanish-language textbook series the Glendale school board adopted was reinforcing negative stereotypes, officials now are weighing reopening the selection process. "If it's offensive to one person, it should concern us as a board," Greg Krikorian, a memer of the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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