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'

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Rosie Rowell Wins 2015 Branford Boase Award

Debut author Rosie Rowell and her editor Emily Thomas were announced as the winners of the 2015 Branford Boase Award for 'Leopold Blue' at an award ceremony July 9 at Walker Books in London. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Man Booker International Prize a 'huge boost'

Publishers and booksellers have enthusiastically welcomed the merger of the Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Prize for Fiction, saying it will create a prize with "a new stature", making "a good counterpoint" to the Man Booker itself. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Reconfiguration' of Man Booker International Prize

The Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize are to merge to create one annual award for a work of literary fiction translated into English. Jonathan Taylor, chair of the Man Booker Foundation, said at a press conference this morning (7th July) that the Man... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caine Prize winner shares her £10k award

Zambia's Namwali Serpell has won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, and is to share her £10,000 prize money with her fellow shortlistees. Serpell won the award with short story "The Sack" from Africa39 (Bloomsbury). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker, Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Combine

In 2016, the new prize will transition to an annual award recognizing a work translated into English. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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P J Harvey collaborates on first poetry collection

Bloomsbury is publishing The Hollow of the Hand, the first poetry collection from musician P J Harvey, in collaboration with photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy. The title will be released in four different editions simultaneously on 8th October: a limited edition with original artwork for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is YP's Search Data Strong Enough to Win More Local Digital Ad Dollars?

A few years ago, Foursquare, Yelp and Groupon seemed to be booming with brands and consumers, painting a pretty lucrative picture of the future of local advertising. Fast-forward to today—Yelp is reportedly up for sale, Foursquare's growth has stalled, and the daily-deal market has burned out. ... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quiz and win with the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

Last month the finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults were announced. Now we want to test little bookworms on what they know about New Zealand books for kids and their authors. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Zealand Book Awards to return with $50,000 prize

The New Zealand Book Awards will return in 2016 with an annual fiction prize of $50,000, it has been announced. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Desmond Elliott prize reminds us that authors need long-term support

With her prizewinning debut, Claire Fuller could be following in the footsteps of Ian Rankin and Hilary Mantel who found success with their later work – but only with the support of her publisherAs one of the judges for the Desmond Elliott prize for best debut novelist this year, I couldn’t help... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian, BuzzFeed and Vice win at awards ceremony

Association of Online Publishers Digital Publishing Awards give consumer publisher of the year award to newspaperThe Guardian picked up three prizes at this year’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) Digital Publishing Awards, including consumer digital publisher of the year and best mobile... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: James Brannigan, 54

James Brannigan, a well-known executive in the audiobook industry and former president of the Audio Publishers Association, passed away on June 29 after a brief illness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James ties down second consecutive number one, half-year market gains

E L James’ Grey had its second straight 300,000-plus weekly print sale—pushing the book's combined UK ebook and physical sales over the 1 million unit mark—while the overall British print books market has experienced its first half-year rise in seven years.    Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James: 'more novels on their way'  

Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James has written a new romance, and is halfway through writing a second, she revealed in a Twitter chat with UK fans. The writer took part in the online gathering yesterday (29th June), but the hashtag for the chat #AskELJames was hijacked by people criticising... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Navid Kermani to Receive 2015 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

German author and Middle East expert, Navid Kermani, will receive the 2015 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his writing and political activism. The post Navid Kermani to Receive 2015 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Reporters Write Books, Does The Times Win, Too?

WRITING books must be in the DNA of Times journalists. Even the paper’s founding editor, Henry J. Raymond, cranked them out, including his “History of the Administration of President Lincoln” in 1864. The next year, he r ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2015: Doerr, Stevenson Win Carnegie Medals

Doerr won for his book All The Light We Cannot See (which also received the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), while Bryan Stevenson won for Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Publishing Leaders 2015: McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC (MHGE) is a learning science company focused on higher education, professional learning and information tools and services in digital, print, and hybrid formats for the US and international markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Chino Hills advances to Fairfax semifinals

 There's no stopping Chino Hills' fast-paced offense this summer. Long Beach Poly tried for the second time in a week and came up short in a 91-70 loss to the Huskies in a quarterfinal game of the Fairfax tournament on Wednesday night. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK Twitter event for E L James

E L James will be holding a live Q&A from the Twitter head office in London's Piccadilly next Monday (29th June). The bestselling author of the Fifty Shades of Grey series will hold the live #AskELJames Q&A at 6pm. The five best questions on the day will win a signed copy of the latest... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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