There are many national awards and prizes for writers in Ireland, but outlined here are some of the recent accolades and nominations Irish authors have received beyond the Irish shores. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Heidi Perks, Dorothy Koomson and Elly Griffiths are among 28 writers to make the Dead Good Reader Awards shortlists, following a record number of nominations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 02:16:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK has revealed the nine winners of the 2019 Student Design Award, following a record-breaking number of 2,313 entries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 05:29:44 UTC ]
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Cardiff-based poet Ailbhe Darcy has won the £4,000 Wales Book of the Year Award for her "striking" collection, Insistence (Bloodaxe Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 03:52:13 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK imprint 535 has acquired the third volume of photos from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 02:25:33 UTC ]
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New Writing North and Michael Morpurgo’s Farms for City Children are among seven charities sharing £100,000 donated by HarperCollins UK parent company News Corp UK, via the annual News Corp Giving programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 09:16:53 UTC ]
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Big media players like Unilever and Procter & Gamble Co. have been talking plenty about making media more responsible. Now they’re getting more people to talk. The marketers are launching the Global Alliance for Responsible Media alongside 14 other global advertisers, the five leading agency... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-18 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Books Ireland has snapped up an "incredible" debut novel by Irish journalist Sophie White about the world of Instagram influencers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 14:38:06 UTC ]
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Raymond Antrobus and 70-year-old debut novelist Anne Youngson are among the winners of this year's £100,000 Society of Authors' Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 02:12:28 UTC ]
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Kate Mosse has been presented with a city medal in recognition of her contribution to literature by the mayor of Carcassonne in France—a rare award for a British person. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 01:26:21 UTC ]
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Daniel A. Gross writes about what happened after he was offered ten thousand dollars as part of a new—and secretive—award for young writers. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2019-06-16 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC is nearing deals to buy digital imaging companies Shutterfly Inc. and Snapfish. New York-based Apollo has made the highest offer for Shutterfly though the exact amount could not be learned, Reuters reported Monday, citing unnamed sources familiar... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-06-10 21:41:55 UTC ]
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This year's BookCon literary fan fest drew mixed reviews from attendees, some of whom felt that publishers focused more on merchandising rather than on providing booklovers with an experience or giving them free swag. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobooks from Penguin Random House Audio UK and HarperCollins have received a string of nominations in this year’s New York Festivals Radio Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-02 17:25:09 UTC ]
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Orion dominates the seven-strong shortlist for W H Smith's Thumping Good Read Award with two titles up for the £10,000 prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 14:39:00 UTC ]
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The British accent you hear on Netflix or Facebook could well be voiced by an award-winning Kiwi from Northland. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-05-31 01:14:56 UTC ]
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Stephanie Burt’s target demographic is “people who do not, or do not yet, read nearly as much” as she does. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-30 14:41:42 UTC ]
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Even as the London Book Fair brings its CAMEO Awards this week to BookExpo, BookBrunch does the same with its Selfies Awards for self-publishing authors. The post During BookExpo: BookBrunch Announces American ‘Selfies’ Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-30 05:30:49 UTC ]
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Thursday morning's Adult Book & Author Breakfast featured Rachel Maddow, Malcolm Gladwell, Karin Slaughter, Marjorie Liu, and Ta-Nehisi Coates introducing their newest books, with presentations emphasizing the true crimes that inspired each to write. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie booksellers raved about both fall/winter fiction and nonfiction offerings at BookExpo, but literary fiction with plots inspired by today's news headlines is what they were most excited about. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At Friday morning’s Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, two bookstores will be honored with a 2019 Women’s National Book Association Pannell Award for excellence in bookselling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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