The organisers of the Branford Boase award today (1st May) announced this year’s shortlist... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mitch Johnson and his editors Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker have won this year’s Branford Boase Award with Kick. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#mitch johnson
Pearson and Harvard Business Review Press are both strong on the 25-strong shortlist for the £5,000 2017 Management Book of the Year, announced by The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#british library
Chicken House’s Barry Cunningham has won the Branford Boase Award for the third time for his editorial work on Beetle Boy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#chicken house
#barry cunningham
At a time when literary fiction has a chance to illuminate the struggles and needs of many, the leading Arabic fiction prize's shortlist makes the point. The post The International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s Shortlist: Strong on Issues appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#issues appeared
#international prize
#arabic fiction
#literary fiction
Titles from independents Faber, Peepal Tree Press, Chicken House and Jacaranda feature on the inaugural shortlist for the Jhalak Prize for a Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, alongside works from PRH's Harvill Secker and Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indies strong
#chicken house
#inaugural shortlist
#jhalak prize
#harvill secker
#pan macmillan
Campaigns for Bruno Vincent's Enid Blyton for Grown Ups series (Quercus), Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent (Serpent's Tail), Maestra by L.S. Hilton (Bonnier Zaffre), The Girls by debut author Emma Cline (Vintage) and the autobiography of Olympic cyclists Laura Trott and Jason Kenny (Michael... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#essex serpent
#ppc awards
#sarah perry
#annual awards
The Royal Society has revealed its six-strong shortlist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016, five of which are published by independent presses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indies strong
#royal society
#six-strong shortlist
#independent presses
A children’s book published by Firefly Press, the Welsh independent publisher launched in 2013, has won this year’s Branford Boase Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#branford boase
#book published
#firefly press
Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot wins the award for first-time children’s authors and their editorsHoratio Clare and his editor Penny Thomas at Firefly have won the much coveted Branford Boase award 2016 for their book Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot, illustrated by Jane Matthews. Related: The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#first-time children
#horatio clare
Independent publishers Bloomsbury Children’s and David Fickling Books are leading the shortlist for this year’s Bookseller’s YA Book Prize, run in association with book printer Clays. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indies strong
Egmont, Andersen Press and Simon & Schuster each have three books on the longlist for this year’s Branford Boase award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#andersen press
#simon schuster
Rosie Rowell [pictured] and her editor Emily Thomas have won this year’s Branford Boase award for little-known YA novel Leopold Blue (Hot Key Books). The award, which is given annually to the author and editor of an outstanding debut novel for children, is a work of “originality, power and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#leopold blue
#outstanding debut
Debut author Rosie Rowell and her editor Emily Thomas were announced as the winners of the 2015 Branford Boase Award for 'Leopold Blue' at an award ceremony July 9 at Walker Books in London. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#leopold blue
#walker books
The novelist is contributing her own cartoons, detailing her experiences as a young woman, to Kickstarter-funded The Secret Loves of Geek GirlsMargaret Atwood is taking a short break from writing acclaimed and award-winning literary novels to contribute a series of cartoons to a crowd-funded,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#young woman
#launched earlier
Independent publishers have made a strong showing on the Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlist, claiming five of the six spots. Books published by Calcutta-based Seagull Books, Irish indie Doire Press, Freight, Salt, and Faber have all be selected, as well as Penguin Random House imprint Chatto... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indies strong
#independent publishers
#strong showing
Two début authors have made the shortlists for this year’s Orwell Prize for political writing. Dan Davies has made the £3,000 Book Prize shortlist for his book about Jimmy Savile, In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile (Quercus). The other first-time writer on the list is Louisa Lim,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#orwell shortlist
#dbut authors
#orwell prize
#political writing
#dan davies
#plain sight
#first-time writer
Two books from Penguin Random House have made the shortlist for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize. The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA and the Battle over a Forbidden Book by Peter Finn and Petra Couvée (Harvill Secker) has made the shortlist, alongside Stalin Volume I: Paradoxes of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#prh strong
#forbidden book
Atef Abu Saif, Jana Elhassan, Lina Huyan Elhassan, Shukri al-Mabkhout, Ahmed al-Madeeni and Hammour Ziada are the six authors shortlisted for the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The shortlisted was revealed by a judging panel chaired by Palestinian poet and writer, Mourid... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#six-strong shortlist
#international prize
#arabic fiction
#jana elhassan
The judges of the 2015 Branford Boase have longlisted 18 "very varied" books for this year’s award, including the YA Book Prize-shortlisted Trouble by Non Pratt (Walker Books) and Half Bad by Sally Green (Penguin). The Branford Boase is given every year to the author and editor of a debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#half bad
#branford boase
#debut children
Newsflash: check out which debut authors and their editors have made the list for this literary prize! As any author will tell you, great books are a bit of a team effort – especially their first book – and that’s why the Branford Boase award was launched 15 years ago This award is given every... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#debut authors
#literary prize
#great books
#team effort
#outstanding debut