In ‘Something More Than Night,’ Raymond Chandler and Boris Karloff are a winning crime-fighting duo

Kim Newman’s latest novel finds pop-culture icons navigating a strange, dark world. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Guelzo Wins Inaugural $50,000 Military History Prize

Historian and professor Allen C. Guelzo's winning book was "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Henry wins Romantic Novel of the Year Award

Veronica Henry has won the 2014 Romantic Novelists Association’s Romantic Novel of the Year... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber partners with Galley Beggar to publish prize-winning McBride

Faber will publish the mass market paperback and ebook versions of Eimear McBride's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rogers Wins LBF Acheivement Award

Literary agent Deborah Rogers has been named the winner of the London Book Fair's 11th annual Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adichie wins US fiction honour

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel Americanah. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saunders’ “Tenth of December” Wins Inaugural Folio Prize

George Saunders has been announced as the winner of The Folio Prize 2014 for Tenth of December (Bloomsbury), sponsored by The Folio Society. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas King Wins Canadian Nonfiction Prize

Thomas King's "subversive, hilarious, enraging" re-examination of Canada's history with aboriginal people wins $25,000 non-fiction prize Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berkley Prime Crime Turns 20

Berkley Prime Crime made its debut 20 years ago, releasing 40 mass market cozy mystery paperbacks in 1994. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs first of Texan crime series

Canongate has signed world rights to Blackbird, the first in a new crime series by Texan author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crace, Aslam, Forna win $150k Windham Campbell prizes

Man Booker shortlisted Jim Crace is one of eight recipients of this year’s $150,000 Windham... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tony Robinson wins kids' book prize

Weird World of Wonders: World War II wins Tony Robinson a Blue Peter Book Award, as World Book Day organisers reveal the top 50 life-changing teen reads. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strathie, McFall and Mackay win at Scottish Children's Book awards

Books published by Scholastic, Bloomsbury and Kelpies have won prizes at the 2013 Scottish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robinson wins second Blue Peter book award

Author and TV presenter Tony Robinson has won his second Blue Peter book award, for Weird World... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Saunders Wins 2013 Story Prize

The author's "Tenth of December" was fittingly the tenth winner of the short fiction award, which came with a $20,000 prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will 12 Years a Slave help the fight against slavery?

Portraying and documenting slavery on film is wrought with logistical and ethical challenges. Now back in the spotlight, can film improve campaign impact?Guddi was trafficked into Mumbai's sex industry aged 11. The first man she was forced to go with brutalised her so severely that she was... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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H&S wins auction for Joey Essex

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired an autobiography from The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) star Joey... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Award-Winning Authors Struggling to Make Ends Meet

Writing for The Guardian, Robert McCrum observes that “the credit crunch and the internet are making writing as a career harder than it has been for a generation.” Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crowdwatch: 35 Years of Radical Comics; Fight Human Trafficking with Manga

PW Comics World's bi-weekly spotlight on crowdfunded comics and comics-related projects. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'12 Years a Slave' will be distributed to schools as part of World Book Night

Special World Book Night copies of '12 Years a Slave' will be made available to schools. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Does Winning a Literary Award Lead to Negative Reviews?

A new study reports that after a book wins an award its social media ratings tend to dip. The Guardian explains why. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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