Dunmore wins poetry category, while Jon McGregor takes best novel prize for Reservoir 13 and Gail Honeyman’s bestselling debut Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine lands first novel awardThe poet Helen Dunmore is in the running to become the second posthumous winner of the Costa book of the year award for her final collection, Inside the Wave – which was written in the last weeks of her life – triumphing in the poetry category of the annual literary prize.Expressly rewarding enjoyability, the Costa book awards are open only to writers in the UK and Ireland. There are five categories – novel, first novel, biography, poetry and children’s book – with the winner of each then vying for the overall £30,000 book of the year prize. If she wins this, Dunmore will be the second writer to take the top gong posthumously in the prize’s 46-year history, after fellow poet Ted Hughes won for Birthday Letters in 1998. Related: Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore – generous and contemplative Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A koala and a clumsy CG cat have defeated the Force, at least temporarily.Ladies and gentlemen, meet superstar koala joey Imogen! With 24 million views already for her videos from Australia.com and Symbio Wildlife Park, actually, it's likely that you have done so already. Her charisma and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew McMillan’s series of “hymns to the male body”, Physical (Jonathan Cape), has become the second collection of poetry to be shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award since it was established in 1999. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“We definitely want to support local bookshops, we all love what they do," John Bennett tells Molly Flatt, in this installment of her series on our FutureBook 2015 BookTech Awards Showcase shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Historical Writers' Association has joined forces with Goldsboro Books to launch its 2016 Debut Crown Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kevin Barry's Beatlebone (Canongate) has been named the winner of the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize 2015 in recognition of “writing at its most novel”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired the Dales Detective series by Julia Chapman following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of the Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, which runs November 13–15, the winners of the first Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award were announced today at the Baoshan International Folk Arts Exposition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iraq war veteran Phil Klay has been named the winner of the Warwick Prize for Writing 2015 for Redeployment, a short story collection dealing with the American experience of the Iraq War, published by Canongate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A former US Marine wins the biennial Warwick Prize for Writing for his book of short stories dealing with American experiences of the Iraq War. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 58-year-old author won the country's most prestigious award for fiction, worth C$100,000, for his novel 'Fifteen Dogs.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephane Charbonnier, the slain editor of French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, is getting the last word. Charbonnier -- known by his pen name Charb -- was one of the 12 people killed at the magazine's offices by terrorists in January. The gunmen reportedly called out Charb by name. Days before,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sunjeev Sahota and Sara Taylor are among the four authors who have made the shortlist for The Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Past winners of the The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writers of the Year Award share their writing tips and their favourite books written by writers aged 35 and under. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian historian Susan Pedersen's The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire (Oxford University Press) has won the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Biographers' Club awarded prizes to Alan Cumming, Francesca Wade and John Julius Norwich at a dinner held at the National Liberal Club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"When listening, you truly feel as though you are physically in the room where the recording took place." Montreal-born Michel Lafrance tells Molly Flatt about binaural recording, which is the foundation of his Owl Field startup. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dame Jacqueline Wilson is to be presented with this year’s J M Barrie Award for “a lifetime of unforgettable writing for children”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French writer Mathias Enard has won France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, for his book Boussole ("Compass") which is published by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sharjah Book Authority is offering a 2 million UED ($563,000) prize for a book translated from Arabic, as announced at this year's Sharjah Book Fair. The post Sharjah Offers $500k+ Translation Award, Fosters Int’l Exchange appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Tuesday, Amazon, the largest bookseller in the world, did something it has never done: it sold a book to a customer face-to-face. Despite appearances Amazon Books, the company's first branded retail storefront, is a far cry from the bookstore as we know it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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