Today, the shortlist for the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize was announced. This £10,000 prize is awarded every year to a book—be it fiction, nonfiction, or poetry—that best evokes the spirit of a place. In other words: here’s a great reading list for armchair travel if you are feeling claustrophobic in your home. The […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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Boston Globe film critic Wesley Morris was awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for criticism Monday. Morris, 36, who joined the Globe staff in 2002, won the prize for a range of movie reviews and essays published in 2011. Among the pieces submitted with ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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When looking at an effort with the scale of World Book Night U.S.—half a million books will be given away to strangers across all 50 states on April 23—it’s helpful to consider some numbers: 25,000 “givers” have volunteered to give away their allotment of books to people, many of whom they’ve... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'ttyl' series by Lauren Myracle and 'The Color of Earth' by Kim Dong Hwa top the 2011 rankings of most challenged books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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The major trade publishers do not appear in imminent danger of fading away. With Random House’s release of 2011 financial results late last month, the four large trade houses that report results all posted operating margins that topped 10%. Although the four companies—Lagardère Publishing... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buenas noticias para todos los amantes de los libros que viven en Estados Unidos. Amazon acaba de anunciar una nueva tienda llamada eBooks Kindle en Español. El nuevo servicio dará acceso a más de 33,000 libros que se podrán leer en los diferentes dispositivos Kindle. Esta biblioteca virtual... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Miller's Costa Book of the Year-winning Pure (Sceptre) has been shortlisted for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving 200,000 books isn’t an easy task, but through the goodwill and team work of several organizations, that’s exactly what happened in an unprecedented donation of James Patterson’s own books to the United States Armed Forces. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Cooking with Poo, a Thai cookbook penned by Bangkok resident Saiyuud Diwong and published in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Jonny Duddle, a concept artist for the new Aardman Animation film "The Pirates! In An... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Jonny Duddle, the concept artist for Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, is named overall winner of the prestigious Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News
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The longlist for the Orwell Prize for political writing has been announced, with late author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspapers have until 4 May to submit an entry to the World Young Reader Prizes, the annual awards from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) that recognize success in engaging the young. The awards in five categories - E ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schoolchildren will be encouraged to cash in their World Book Day vouchers by visiting W H Smith... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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French publisher eToiles Editions, with an app that "breaks away from the page by page way... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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South Korean novelist Kyung-sook Shin has won the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, becoming the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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DJ and ex-Catatonia frontwoman Cerys Matthews is to join the judging panel of the 2012 University... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Other National Book Critics Circle honorees include writer John Lewis Gaddis for 'George F. Kennan: An American Life' and Maya Jasanoff for 'Liberty's Exiles.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The under-the-radar author won for her collection "Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories."Reporting from New York -- The National Book Critics Circle gave its 2011 fiction prize to Edith Pearlman, an under-the-radar writer of short stories, at its annual awards ceremony Thursday evening at... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish author Emma Donoghue has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 after making... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A novel banned by the Chinese government has made the longlist for the Independent Foreign... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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