Saunders, the second American to win the £50,000 fiction award, was honored for 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' his first novel. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The winner of the German Book Prize, Germany’s most prestigious literature award, will be chosen from these six shortlisted novels just before the Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Get to Know the 2015 German Book Prize Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlist for the Goldsmiths Prize 2015 has been revealed today (1st October) with the finalists "embodying the spirit of invention." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is to mark 20 years with two weeks of programming with BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour” and a partnership with Waterstones. The Best of the Best celebration will also include an event on 2nd November at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, with award-winning... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is teaming up with the Hay Festival for next year’s YA Book Prize, whose submissions open today. The Bookseller launched the 2016 prize at its children’s conference in London today (29th September), alongside the winner of the 2015 prize, Louise O’Neill. Submissions are now... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Experience on the buy side and sell side of media brought David Katz to where he is today, running ad solutions at Hearst's Core Audience, the programmatic ad buying division of the publishing giant. The senior director of ad solutions works with hundreds of salespeople, arming them with data... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Books is to reissue H G Wells’ The Rights of Man, with a new introduction by Ali Smith. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virgin Books has acquired a title by the founder of Medical Detection Dogs, in a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has crowned its first ever female solo winner in Gaia Vince for her close-up look at pressing ecological issues facing the planet. Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene (Chatto & Windus) was given the £25,000 science prize at a ceremony... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourteen books including one on the trial of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, and another on the recent FIFA scandals make up the longlist of the 27th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Ali Smith has said the Goldsmiths Prize, which is now in its third year, has encouraged publishers to take risks. The prize, awarded to bold and inventive fiction, was won by Smith last year for How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton). Smith said of the prize: “The change it’s made is that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction announces its 2015 longlist, with independent publishers taking seven of the 12 spots. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Romesh Gunesekera was presented with an award for his services to media, arts and culture at this year's Asian Achievers Awards. Sri-Lankan born Gunesekera, who was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1994 for his novel Reef, was honoured at the 15th annual Asian Achievers Awards on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction and non-fiction writers have been shorlisted for the inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers established in honour of the late publisher Matt Richell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Describe your role I work as a production editor in English Language Teaching (ELT) publishing at hyphen SA based in Thessaloniki, Greece, overseeing the workflow of projects by planning and assigning editorial and design work on a global scale. Being part of an adaptive team that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has signed a book by Ensaf Haidar, the wife of imprisoned Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi. Richard Beswick won world English language rights, excluding America, in an auction to Raif Badawi, The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story from Barbara Zitwer at the Barbara J Zitwer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson is to keep its stake in Penguin Random House until at least 2017, its c.e.o. John Fallon has said. The company owns 47% of the publishing company, with the other 53% owned by Bertelsmann. In an interview with Bloomberg TV Fallon said it was “unlikely” that Pearson would exercise its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are jumping into events as a way to generate a new source of revenue as traditional advertising becomes harder to come by. But inevitably, as more players pile into this space, it becomes harder to stand out. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Game of Thrones fans can rest assured that even the impending zombie apocalypse won't stop George R.R. Martin from delivering eagerly awaited future instalments of the book series. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guardian reports that the New Zealand government has banned Ted Dawe's award-winning YA novel "Into the River" after protests from a Christian group. The post Christians Pressure New Zealand to Ban Award-Winning YA Novel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spanish author Enrique Vila-Matas has been awarded the 2015 Romance Languages Prize by the Guadalajara Book Fair (FIL) worth $150,000. The post Spain’s Enrique Vila-Matas Wins $150k FIL Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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