Student Emmanuella Imoh has won the inaugural Lit in Colour Creative Student prize for her "bold and thought-provoking poem", told visually through a short video. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The winners for the Best Children's Publisher of the Year were announced in Sala Borsa in Bologna on Monday, March 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jenny Uglow and Mark Bostridge are among the five authors shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2015. The £2,000 prize, funded from former PEN member Marjorie Hessell-Tiltman’s bequest to English PEN, celebrates the best non-fiction on a historical subject from any period up... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book about a penguin who flies to the tropics with the aid of a kite is named the winner of the 2015 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary world mourns the driving force behind the UK’s most prestigious books award Martyn Goff, the ‘master of tactical indiscretion’ who shaped the Booker prize into one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, has died at the age of 91.Goff, who died on Wednesday after a long... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russia's Samokat has been awarded the Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award from the Association of American Publishers. The post Publisher Who Defied Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws Wins AAP “Freedom” Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors representing 10 countries — 6 countries for the first time — are included on the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize. The post Man Booker International Prize 2015 Finalist’s List Announced appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten authors have been named as finalists for the Man Booker International Prize 2015, representing countries including Hungary, Guadeloupe, and the Republic of Congo. Each writer is now in the running to win a £60,000 prize, with the winner announced in a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder is the big winner at this year’s Peters Book of the Year award, taking home book of the year for both the junior fiction and teen fiction categories. A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson and A Song For Ella Grey by David Almond, both published by Hodder, were announced as the Books of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury and the National Literacy Trust have shortlisted six writers for a competition to find unpublished children’s authors. Bloomsbury received 400 entries to this year’s New Children’s Author Prize, launched last year, which asks aspiring authors to pay £30 to enter in order to raise... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times reports that educational publisher Pearson has been “monitoring student media” to find possible "leaks" of the company's tests. The post Controversy: Pearson Publishing Monitoring Students’ Twitter Posts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erdrich is the author of such works as 'The Round House,' which won the 2012 National Book Award, and 'The Plague of Doves.' She is also the owner of the Minneapolis bookstore Birchbark Books and Native Arts. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Customers are being encouraged to help ensure their local bookshop is crowned the Independent Bookshop of the Year by tweeting their support. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book printers Clays Ltd is sponsoring a UK-wide promotion for The Folio Prize, taking in libraries, bookshops and social media. Clays has backed a publicity push that has recruited 100 independent booksellers to spotlight the shortlisted titles, while, in partnership with The Reading Agency,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new award aims to honor children's books that feature "events and people that shaped the history of the U.S." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder by Sally Gardner and David Roberts (Orion Children’s Books) is in the running for a double CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway win after appearing on both shortlists, announced today (17th March). The book, which is a reworking of the Tinderbox fairytale, could also be Gardner’s second... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boston-based indie publisher David R. Godine saw a major sales boost last October when French author Patrick Modiano won the Nobel Prize for Literature, bringing its revenue for the year up 30% over 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding inspiration in Mad Libs is one of many ways to climb out of a prayer rut. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trajectory will distribute more than 200,000 Chinese language ebooks to the South and North American marketplace and export English language ebooks into China via Tencent Literature's content platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 20-strong longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction features five debut novels, alongside an author nominated for her 20th book. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Tyler, Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, and five debut novelists including Emma Healey and Sara Taylor are on the longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Meanwhile chair of judges Shami Chakrabarti has told The Bookseller: "Until you can honestly see that women are getting the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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