Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and British author Bernadine Evaristo won the 2019 Booker Prize and will splite the prize money. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-15 11:38:46 UTC ]
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For magazine publishing, 2019 has been a year full of births, deaths, mutants, zombies – and even a resurrection. The glass-half-full crowd will point to the findings of Mr. Magazine (Dr. Samir Husni) that the total number of magazine titles in the U.S. is at a record high. The half-empty folks... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2019-12-10 17:25:34 UTC ]
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Books on sleep, education, American history, world growth and one novel made the cut this year. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-10 16:00:00 UTC ]
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News and Events Michelle Johnson In 2019 WLT continued publishing fiction, poems, interviews, and essays in translation—publishing more than 50 pieces from languages ranging from Albanian to Zoque—along with pieces by translators about their work. In... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-12-10 14:32:34 UTC ]
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To those familiar with Olga Tokarczuk’s work, it was not so much a matter of whether she would win the Nobel Prize, but when. For many years she has been Poland’s leading contemporary novelist, and her nine novels and three short-story collections have been translated worldwide. The... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2019-12-10 10:18:09 UTC ]
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AbeBooks has published a list of the most expensive books they sold this year, with The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, which sold for $40,000, at the top. Better luck next year, signed Harry Potter deluxe set ($38,560)! A first edition of The Maltese Falcon and Mark Twain’s complete writings... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-09 21:14:37 UTC ]
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Learning from Incidents — super useful articles on doing what it says on the box. (via duckalini) Say Goodbye to the 10-digit ISBN — ISBNs started out using a 10-digit number, but later transitioned to 13-digit numbers as the supply of unused numbers ran low. It has been standard up to this... Continue reading at O'Reilly Radar
[ O'Reilly Radar | 2019-12-09 05:01:00 UTC ]
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Books from Fleet, Picador and Lightning Books are in the running for the £10,000 Portico Prize for Literature, an award "for outstanding literature that best evokes the spirit of the North". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-09 00:23:29 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has secured world rights to publish the tie-in books for "The Adventures of Paddington", a new Nickelodeon television series launching globally in 2020. The animated pre-school series comprises 26 episodes and features the voice of Ben Whishaw as Paddington in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-08 20:24:37 UTC ]
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Something to look forward to in 2020: the Pulitzer Prize Board has announced a new experimental category, Audio Reporting. “The renaissance of audio journalism in recent years has given rise to an extraordinary array of non-fiction storytelling,” says Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy. (Hello,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 21:11:10 UTC ]
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Podcasts like S-Town, Serial and Believed aren't just enthralling, they're also great examples of hard-hitting, in-depth reporting. With that in mind, the Pulitzer Prize Board is adding a new journalism prize category for audio reporting. Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-12-06 17:44:00 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer Prize Board today announces a new Journalism prize category for the 2020 prize cycle: Audio Reporting. “The renaissance Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-06 15:53:37 UTC ]
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For Antrobus' 'commitment not just to recognizing difference but to the difficult act of forgiveness,' the Young Writer Award goes to poetry this year. The post In London, Raymond Antrobus Named 2019 Young Writer Award Winner appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-06 13:02:43 UTC ]
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James Patterson has two new books on our list, one centered on staple character Alex Cross and the other starring Ali Cross, the detectives son. Plus the Trump White House and WWII remain fertile ground for authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Bettany has won HQ and Gransnet's writing prize for unpublished women writers aged over 40. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 01:51:32 UTC ]
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Multi-award winning poet Raymond Antrobus has been named winner of the 2019 Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award for his debut The Perseverance (Penned in the Margins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-05 08:18:28 UTC ]
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Led by sales of such of powerhouse titles as Delia Owen's wildly popular novel 'Where the Crawdads Sing' on the fiction list, and Michelle Obama's memoir 'Becoming' for nonfiction, Amazon released lists of the e-tailers top selling books of 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked digital publishing executives to vote for the top technology vendors they encountered at FUSE Media 2019. Check out the "Best Boardroom Case Studies," the "Startup Derby Winner," and one "Company to Watch." Plus, learn how these vendors are specifically helping publishers. Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2019-12-04 15:28:23 UTC ]
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Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has criticised the BBC for labelling her "another author" whilst describing her double-win with Margaret Atwood, with Evaristo’s agent calling on the broadcaster to apologise for "their erasure of her historic achievement". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-04 07:00:55 UTC ]
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Heather Morris and Pinch of Nom have topped the Amazon Charts for 2019, with the retailer revealing its top five bestsellers in Most-Read: Fiction, Most-Sold: Fiction, Most-Read: Non-Fiction and Most-Sold: Non-Fiction charts for the year to date. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-03 14:13:04 UTC ]
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