The Educational Writers' Award 2019 shortlist has been revealed, with titles from David Hockney, Martin Gayford and Alastair Humphreys in the running. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-17 19:17:20 UTC ]
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Indies are leading the shortlist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, with five of the six books vying for the £5,000 prize hailing from independent presses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The FTSE 100 remains in positive territory despite a 30% plunge in Pearson shares after the education publisher issues a profit warning. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British music writer and political theorist Mark Fisher, also known as K-Punk, has died, aged 48. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 2,000 artists, writers, and readers gathered at the steps of the New York Public Library on January 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new competition has been announced in Australia’s publishing community. And this time, the honorees aren’t authors but editors. By Dennis Abrams | @DennisAbrams2 ‘Rapport With the Author’ is a Criterion ustralia’s Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced that one of its branches,... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baillie Gifford Prize winner Philippe Sands has been shortlisted for the 2017 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize, awarded to the best book, whether fiction or non-fiction, to "translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Griffiths’ Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘brave and brilliant’ works from small publishers unveils contenders for award funded by online raffleA prize designed to reward “brave, bold and brilliant” literature from small presses that raised its purse from crowdfunding has announced its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With book production down 40 percent in Russia, the country's publishers are looking to favorable book pricing as a source of revenue growth in 2017. The post Growing Russian Book Market Looks to Educational and Children’s Books in 2017 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The top prize in this pan-African, award program for debut authors includes the Etisalat Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. The post Stressing ‘an African Sensibility,’ Etisalat Prize Announces Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literature Wales is currently reviewing the Wales Book of the Year awards, with a statement on its future expected before the end of the week, the BBC has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mulholland has acquired Green Sun, a new novel from American crime writer Kent Anderson and the first in almost 20 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Donna Leon, Laura Kasischke and Simon Beckett ponder the happy mysteries of scoring hits with foreign-language readersFor the American writer Laura Kasischke, the first inkling of her second life in France came when a former student wrote to say her portrait was on the cover of Le Monde.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Joanna Trollope is to chair the judging panel for the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with BookTrust. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new novel is based on the author for which the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards are named. Bairami's 'Barren' is set in 1982. The post Iran’s Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award Goes to Mohammadreza Bairami appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller has acquired The British Book Awards, also known as the Nibbies, from the estate of Publishing News founder and editor Fred Newman. The deal means that in 2017 The Bookseller will run a unified book awards event for the first time since 2004, when the British Book Awards split... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ireland's Sebastian Barry, already a two-time Costa winner, may be on track again for the program's Book of the Year at the end of the month. The post Costa Book Awards’ Category Winners Contend for Book of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nominated by world libraries, seven of this year's list are Irish, and almost 30 percent of the Dublin Literary Award list is in translation. The post The International Dublin Literary Award Longlist: 147 Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish novelist Sebastian Barry has won the Costa Novel Award for a second time with Days Without End (Faber & Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The dominance of three honours in the UK can be prohibitively expensive for small publishers, and end up discouraging risk-taking on ‘difficult’ authorsCutting-edge British literary fiction risks being undermined by its growing reliance on a handful of powerful book prizes, a leading literary... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish Book Trust has opened applications for next year’s What’s Your Story?, a writing programme for teenagers aged 14-17. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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