Fêted for her auspicious debut, ‘Conversations With Friends,’ Dubliner Sally Rooney at 26 is tied with Zadie Smith (2001, ‘White Teeth’) for youngest winner of the Sunday Times/PFD prize for emerging authors from the UK and Ireland. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Book That ‘Glitters With Talk’ n a ceremony this evening (December 7) at the London Library, ... The post Irish Author Sally Rooney Wins the UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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How Tony Lyons grew a publishing company that is on track to publish 900 books across 17 imprints ten years after its founding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Denver Broncos rekindled memories of Super Bowl 50. But it was another 50 that would haunt the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night — a miss by kicker Graham Gano on a 50-yard field-goal attempt that fluttered wide left and preserved a 21-20 victory for the Broncos in the NFL’s Kickoff Opener... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops in the UK are being called on by one of China’s largest bookstore chains, Zhejiang Xinhua, and an online journal devoted to the book trade in China, Bookdao, to attend a global summit to tackle the “threat” of online retailing. The two-day forum, scheduled for 11th–12th April 2017,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lauren Stevenson and Maeve Clarke have been awarded the top prizes at the Creative Future Literary Awards 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere Fiction has won a "hotly-contested" six-way auction to publish Eva Woods' "life-affirming" story of love, loss and female friendship, How to be Happy, in October 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheila O’Reilly is retiring from Dulwich Books, just over a year after selling it to The Marsh Agency co-founder Susie Nicklin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is now accepting submissions for its inaugural prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New writers will be able to pitch to publishers and agents at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival, which begins this Friday, while others will appear ahead of better known authors as "support acts". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former justice secretary Michael Gove is set to return to the Times newspaper as a book reviewer and columnist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bobby Nayyar on how authors have to build audiences if they want their books to succeed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'UK publishing will embrace the opportunities presented by leaving the EU,' according to a Brexit manifesto on the Publishers Association's lobbying points. The post The UK’s Publishers Association Issues a Brexit ‘Manifesto’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors has taken over the administration of The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction from charity BookTrust. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles published by Barrington Stoke, Hot Key Books and Birlinn are on the shortlist for the first Scottish Teenage Book Prize, organised by Scottish Book Trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former justice secretary and Leave campaigner left newspaper to become Surrey Heath MP in 2005Michael Gove, the former justice secretary and Leave campaigner, is set to return to the Times as a columnist and book reviewer.Gove, who was sacked by prime minister Theresa May after making an... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad has claimed writers could earn up to $1,000 (£758) a month through its new advertising programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has been voted one of the top five media companies to work for in the UK, according to anonymous employee rating site Glassdoor, ahead of the BBC and Sky, and the only book publisher to make the top 10. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK publishers said the demand for rights from Chinese publishers at BIBF “far exceeded expectations”, with children’s and illustrated books particularly in demand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Safran Foer’s first novel for 10 years, Here I Am, finds him seeking a deep communion with his readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'New York Times Book Review' editor, now overseeing all of the paper's books and publishing coverage, lays out what readers can expect to change—and to stay the same. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime writers Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre have been shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, alongside Doug Johnstone and E S Thomson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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