How a smack of jellyfish helped win a £5,000 prize

An army of caterpillars and a troop of monkeys also help US children's illustrator Lane Smith win a top book award. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Robert Hass Wins $100K Poetry Prize

The Academy of American Poets has awarded Pulitzer Prize-winner and former poet laureate Robert Hass the 2014 Wallace Stevens Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 Ways to Make the Most of Kindle Unlimited’s 600,000 Books

So, you've signed up for Amazon's Kindle Unlimited service and now you're feeling a little overwhelmed by what's on offer? That's OK; it's not often that you're faced with the sudden availability of over 600,000 digital books to sample at once. Here are a few practical pointers to help you... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize-winning biography 'Lindbergh' will be the subject of a new miniseries

The miniseries, based on the book by A. Scott Berg, will be written by Oscar-winning 'Milk' screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Okwiri Oduor Wins 15th Caine Prize for African Writing

Kenyan Okwiri Oduor has won the 15th Caine Prize for African Writing, often described as Africa’s leading literary award. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McBride wins Desmond Elliott Prize

Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-formed Thing has won the £10,000 2014 Desmond Elliott... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bunker Diary wins book prize

Kevin Brooks' fictional diary of a kidnapped boy held hostage in a bunker wins 2014's Cilip Carnegie Medal as Jon Klassen's This is Not My Hat wins the Kate Greenaway Medal. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rushdie Wins 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize

The award will be presented at a public event at the British Library on October 9, at which Rushdie will deliver an address. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audio innovation wins FutureBook Hack prize

The UK publishing industry’s first hackathon resulted in a host of fresh ideas in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillman, Carson Awarded $65,000 Poetry Prizes

When poetry pays...U.S. poet Brenda Hillman and Canadian Anne Carson each receive $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eimear McBride wins Baileys prize

Irish author Eimear McBride wins the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction with A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, the debut novel she spent nine years trying to get published. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McBride wins Bailey's Women's Prize

Irish author Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing (Galley Beggar/Faber &... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hassan Blasim wins Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

Iraqi writer Hassan Blasim has won the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his second... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alan Johnson wins Orwell Prize

Former home secretary Alan Johnson has won the Orwell Prize for Books with childhood memoir, This... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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St Aubyn wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize

Edward St Aubyn has won the fifteenth Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for his satire on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Perry wins Kim Scott Walwyn Prize

Hodder & Stoughton editor Anne Perry has been awarded the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2014. Perry... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomson wins inaugural Thwaites Wainwright Prize

A book exploring England’s ancient track roads and green grass roads has won the inaugural... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mackey Wins $100k Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded the 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors the lifetime achievement of a living U.S. poet. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kremlin account wins Pushkin House Russian Book Prize

Red Fortress: The Secret Heart of Russia's History by Catherine Merridale (Allen Lane) has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Solomon wins Wellcome Book Prize

Andrew Solomon’s Far From the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love (Chatto & Windus) has won... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Fran' Wins Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize

"Fran," Jim Woodring’s “hypnotic and subliminal” wordless graphic novel, has been awarded the Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year for 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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