How a rough Apartheid-era school spawned an award-winning YA novel

Malla Nunn's "When The Ground is Hard," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for young-adult literature, revisits South Africa's toughest years. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Colson Whitehead wins for fiction at the National Book Awards

In a year plagued by racial tensions, Colson Whitehead took the National Book Award for fiction for his novel "The Underground Railroad," a visceral and creative imagining of a female slave's escape from slavery. Although it takes years to write a book and bring it to publication, the National... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for ‘The Underground Railroad’

The author Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award for fiction this year for his novel “The Underground Railroad.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'March,' Borzutzky, Kendi, and Whitehead Win 2016 National Book Awards

At the 67th National Book Awards, held at Cipriani New York in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, the junction where politics and publishing meet was in the spotlight from the start. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Theatre book wins SLA award

A children’s book about the National Theatre has been announced as the overall winner of the School Library Association (SLA)’s Information Book Award 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morpurgo wins J M Barrie Award

Michael Morpurgo will today (10th November) be presented with this year’s J M Barrie Award for his contribution to children’s literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigns for Dawkins, Porter and Packham win BMS summer awards

Campaigns for Richard Dawkins, Max Porter and Chris Packham are among the winners of the Book Marketing Society awards for the May-August 2016 season. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Award-Winning Acquisition: Newbery and Caldecott Collection Finds Its Forever Home

A feel-good story about a personal passion-turned-profession, a selfless act, and a few fortuitous connections. And a very happy ending for a cherished collection of Newbery and Caldecott books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut The Chimes wins World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

Anna Smaill’s debut novel The Chimes has won the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, beating off competition from authors including Kazuo Ishiguro. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALLi founder Orna Ross wins best novel award

Orna Ross, the director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), has won the best novel award at the inaugural Carousel-Aware Prize (CAP) for independent publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ekbäck and Gregory win Historical Fiction awards

Cecilia Ekbäck has won the 2016 Historical Writers' Association's Goldsboro Debut Crown for her Nordic noir thriller, Wolf Winter (Hodder). Meanwhile, the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award was presented to Philippa Gregory. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder acquires award-winning French novel The Last of Our Kind

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired an award-winning French novel and commercial-literary crossover, The Last of Our Kind (Le Dernier Des Nôtres) by Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning composer's debut to Jonathan Cape

Penguin Random House is to publish an "atmospheric debut" by alternative-folk artist Kerry Andrew entitled Swansong. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Orr wins BBC National Short Story Award

Debut British author K J Orr has beaten off competition from Booker Prize-winning Hilary Mantel to win the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with BookTrust for 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T&F and Wiley win ALPSP Innovation Awards

Taylor & Francis’s novel approach to article marketing Cartoon Abstracts and Wiley’s drug creation aide Wiley ChemPlanner have both won Awards for Innovation in Publishing given by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stevenson and Clarke win Creative Future Literary Awards 2016

Lauren Stevenson and Maeve Clarke have been awarded the top prizes at the Creative Future Literary Awards 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US Author Victoria Aveyard Wins Prestigious German Literary Award

Victoria Aveyard, American author of ‘The Red Queen’ wins the ‘Buxtehuder Bulle,’ Germany's most renowned prize for young people’s literature. The post US Author Victoria Aveyard Wins Prestigious German Literary Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norman Manea Wins the Guadalajara Book Fair’s Romance Languages Award

In honor of his body of work focusing on individual destiny in extreme situations, Manea is the first Romanian to win Guadalajara International Book Fair’s annual $150,000 award. The post Norman Manea Wins the Guadalajara Book Fair’s Romance Languages Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut Novel on Immigration Wins Australia’s Miles Franklin Award

A book that was slow to find a home has now achieved success: A.S. Patric's 'Black Rock White City' is the 2016 winner of Australia's Miles Franklin Award. The post Debut Novel on Immigration Wins Australia’s Miles Franklin Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children of Time wins Arthur C Clarke award

British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction for his novel Children of Time (Pan Macmillan). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The most momentous news of my life': AS Patric wins Miles Franklin award

Author of Black Rock White City, which has won Australia’s premier literary prize, says he feels a bit of sunlight after many years of absolute obscurity Two years ago, Melbourne’s AS Patric couldn’t even get a rejection slip for his book, Black Rock White City. Not one of the big Australian... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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