HarperVoyager wins four-way auction for 'delicious' Dean debut

HarperVoyager has won a four-publisher auction for three titles, including horror fantasy The Book Eaters, from debut author Sunyi Dean. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 22:52:36 UTC ]
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Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins the 2021 Prix Goncourt

The publishing house Philippe Rey has its first Prix Goncourt winner: Senegalese author Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Rights are selling extremely quickly. The post Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins the 2021 Prix Goncourt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-03 13:57:38 UTC ]
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Zenith wins consolidated Confused.com, Uswitch and Zoopla media business

Combined accounts worth £53m in annual billings in 2020, according to Nielsen data. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2021-11-03 11:07:53 UTC ]
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Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize with 'spectacular' novel The Promise

Damon Galgut has won the Booker Prize with The Promise (Chatto & Windus), hailed by judges as “a spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh”.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-03 11:06:30 UTC ]
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Mariko Tamaki Debuts New LGBTQ+ Graphic Novel Imprint

Surely Books, a new LGBTQ+ focused imprint at Abrams ComicArts curated by comics writer Mariko Tamaki, will release its first graphic novel, 'Lifetime Passes' by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre, this month; in addition to a set of unannounced forthcoming titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's book on Governor General's Literary Award short list a win for Indigenous publishing, author says

A children's book shortlisted for a 2021 Governor General's Literary Award was written by a University of Guelph associate professor who specializes in the history of Indigenous Peoples and illustrated by an Ojibway multidisciplinary artist. ... Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2021-11-02 08:00:00 UTC ]
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UCLan signs Finlayson-Palmer's debut series for new illustrated list

UCLan Publishing is launching an illustrated chapter book list for younger readers, kicking off with a two-book deal for debut author Emma Finlayson-Palmer’s Autumn Moonbeam series.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 05:21:50 UTC ]
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Zaidi and Souhami win 2021 Polari Prizes

Criminal barrister Mohsin Zaidi and biographer Diana Souhami been announced the winners of the 2021 Polari Prizes.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-31 03:47:55 UTC ]
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Clifford wins Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing

Ellen Clifford has won the Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing with her book The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe (Zed Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-29 01:12:22 UTC ]
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Hill, Lofti and Siegert win inaugural James Berry Poetry Prize

Kaycee Hill, Marjorie Lotfi and Yvette Siegert have won the inaugural James Berry Poetry Prize for young or emerging Black and minority ethnic poets. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 17:18:52 UTC ]
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Zatat and Hottier win 2021 Fab Prize

Narjas Zatat and Shirley Hottier have been named the first place winners of the Faber & Andlyn (FAB) Prize for new writers and illustrators from underrepresented backgrounds, as the award celebrates its fifth anniversary.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 11:33:27 UTC ]
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Lightning Books scoops debut novel from Scottish playwright Boyle

Lightning Books has scooped the debut novel by award-winning Scottish playwright and rising screen star Kenny Boyle. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 09:09:50 UTC ]
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Frankie Boyle's 'phenomenal' crime fiction debut netted by Baskerville

Comedian Frankie Boyle is making his crime fiction debut with Meantime, a “phenomenal” story set in the Scottish independence referendum's aftermath, to be published by John Murray imprint Baskerville. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 00:03:08 UTC ]
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Sujit Sivasundaram Wins the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize

'The perspective of Indigenous peoples in the Indian and Pacific oceans' give 'Waves Across the South' distinction, say British Academy jurors. The post Sujit Sivasundaram Wins the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-27 11:40:47 UTC ]
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Boubacar Boris Diop Wins Prestigious 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

News and Events (c) Rama, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr NORMAN, OKLA. – World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday evening that Boubacar Boris Diop is the 27th... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2021-10-26 21:56:54 UTC ]
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Sivasundaram wins £25k British Academy Prize for Global Cultural Understanding

Cambridge historian Sujit Sivasundaram's "truly powerful" book Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins) has won the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 09:16:59 UTC ]
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A Debut Novel of a Life in the Arctic, Beyond History’s Reach

In “The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven,” by Nathaniel Ian Miller, a young man swaps the daily grind for the unpeopled expanses of the Far North. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-10-26 09:00:03 UTC ]
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Kennard, Femi and Sealey win Forward Prizes for Poetry

Luke Kennard, Caleb Femi and Nicole Sealey have won the Forward Prizes for Poetry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-25 19:03:13 UTC ]
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McLean wins £20k Kindle Storyteller Award

Thriller author Rachel McLean has won the £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award for her novel The Corfe Castle Murders  after a "record number" of submissions.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-23 09:39:42 UTC ]
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Headline scoops Elston's debut adult thriller in 24-hour pre-empt

Headline has scooped First Lie Wins, the debut adult thriller from Ashley Elston, in a 24-hour pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-20 07:17:26 UTC ]
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Third time lucky as Caldwell wins BBC National Short Story Award

Lucy Caldwell has won the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University, a prize she has been nominated for three times.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-20 02:07:31 UTC ]
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