Haruki Murakami is the first Japanese author to win the Welt Literature Prize of 10,000 euros. Join our reading group to discuss Murakami's literary works. The post Haruki Murakami Receives Welt Literature Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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UK writer Russell Jones has been shortlisted for the $50,000 (£37,990) Half the World Global Literati Award for his unpublished YA novel The Talkers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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High profile and prize-winning authors including Ian McEwan, Jonathan Safran Foer, Sebastian Faulks and children's author Jacqueline Wilson, have been unveiled for The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three books from Penguin Random House have been shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2016, alongside books from Canongate, Bloomsbury and John Murray. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lauded for work that exposes 'how violence, hatred and speechlessness can change people,' journalist and author Carolin Emcke's Friedenspreis honors her work "in an era in which political, religious and cultural conflicts often leave no room for dialogue.' The post The German Book Trade’s Peace... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Norwegian has been chosen as the language of the Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa McInerney has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 for The Glorious Heresies (John Murray) following closely on the heels of her Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction win just two weeks ago. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite the fact that he says, 'I don't consider myself a historical novelist at all,' Simon Mawer wins the £30,000 pound Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The post With Its ‘Heart in Scotland,’ the Walter Scott Prize Honors Simon Mawer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Debut novelist Alex Christofi from Dorset has won the £10,000 Betty Trask Prize at the Society of Authors annual Authors' Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books by David Baddiel and Sue Hendra were amongst the winners of the first Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies) for funny children’s books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon Mawer has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his 10th novel Tightrope (Little, Brown). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mumsnet editor Sarah Crown has joined Arts Council England to become its director of literature and the South West. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A college professor and a university fellow have won the Wolfson History Prize, awarded £30,000 each. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Grace Suen, a student from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, has won this year’s Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Poetry Book Society director, Chris Holifield, has been appointed by the T S Eliot Foundation to the role of director of the T S Eliot Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood has been awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize at the same time it is announced she will be embarking on a UK book tour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This article was first published by the Trace, a nonprofit news organization that covers gun violence in America. You can sign up for its newsletter here, or follow its reporting on Facebook or Twitter. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It could be second time lucky for author Anne Enright as bookmakers William Hill have her as odds-on favourite to win the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction next week. The bookmaker has Irish author Enright to win The Baileys prize 5/2 for her sixth novel The Green Road (Vintage) about a family... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Crossan’s free verse novel One (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ongoing war in Dafur, the Yorkshire Ripper murders and a dark and comical play which explores the life of a glamorous transsexual hooker are among the book themes on the Polari First Book Prize – described as the “strongest” in the prize’s history. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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