Irish Author Sally Rooney Wins the UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Prize

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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Review of the year: April to June

In the second part of our review of the year, we take a look at the big stories from April to June. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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New Canadian Imprint Spotlights Quebec Authors

QC Fiction, from Montreal-based publisher Baraka Books, will release English translations of contemporary French novels by young Quebec authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editors and agents give author appraisals to raise funds for charity

Helen Huthwaite, editorial director at HarperCollins, has launched a project to provide manuscript services for aspiring authors in order to raise £30,000 for charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Incisive Media becomes second UK publisher to ban ad blocker users

Incisive Media, which has a mix of ad-funded and subscription-based titles, is following in the footsteps of Axel Springer's Bild, London's City AM and the Washington Post in taking a tougher stance on ad blocking. The publisher will ban visitors with ad blockers enabled on some of its sites in... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Shipping Times to Canada Improve

Canadian booksellers, who reported last month that they were struggling with sluggish shipments from HarperCollins, say improvements have been made. Many, though, are hoping for quicker, more reliable service in 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic revenues fall despite UK growth

Scholastic Inc has reported a drop in earnings of 1.5% for the second quarter of 2016, although its UK market grew in local currency terms. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News UK CMO: Facebook Has a 'Duty of Care' to Publishers

News UK’s chief marketing officer Chris Duncan wasn’t previously a fan of publishing directly to platforms like Facebook. In previous interviews with media, he called Facebook’s launch of Instant Articles, and the g ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prize Winner Is Hot in France

After winning France’s most prestigious literary award, the Prix Goncourt, early in November, "Compass" by Mathias Enard moved up to the third spot in the country’s fiction bestseller list at the end of the month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Peter Dickinson dies on 88th birthday

Author and poet Peter Dickinson OBE died yesterday on 16th December - his 88th birthday - in Winchester, following a brief illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book tech: Time to step up

"I’m calling for more women to start up and step up next year." Bec Evans, co-founder with Chris Smith of Write-Track and head of innovation with Emerald Group Publishing, noticed that while our FutureBook 2015 (and Author Day) programming was well-balanced in terms of men and women—s Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emerson succeeds Young as chair of Hachette c.o.o board

Chris Emerson, chief operating officer of Hachette UK, is to replace David Young as chair of the Hachette Livre Chief Operating Officers’ Board. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3 Key Publishing Moments of 2015, the Year of Provocative Thinking

Publishing Perspectives' Erin L. Cox looks back at 2015 in publishing and highlights three significant moments that sparked conversation in the literary world. The post 3 Key Publishing Moments of 2015, the Year of Provocative Thinking appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 Things We Learned in 2015 From the Year in Media Deals

The desire to scale up and reach millennial readers drove many high-profile publishing deals in 2015. Here are five takeaways from all the activity. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Stephen Spender winner withdraws entry, returns prize money

The winner of the 2015 Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation, Allen Prowle, has withdrawn his entries and returned the prize money, amid claims of "blatant plagiarism". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Local authorities risk 'breaking law' on libraries

A new nationwide library campaign will hold the government to account over its legal responsibilities towards libraries and has called on local authorities to put all changes to library services on hold or risk breaching the law. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Naughtie: best bits from presenter's 21-year Today programme career – audio

The BBC looks back at the career of James ‘Jim’ Naughtie, as he stands down as a Today programme presenter after 21 years on Wednesday. Naughtie, who’s famous profanity slip-up has become renowned in broadcasting bloopers history, will become Radio 4 special correspondent and BBC Books editor... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Spencer Freedman makes seven threes in Mater Dei win

Sophomore Spencer Freedman made seven three-pointers and finished with 24 points in Mater Dei's 78-46 win over Long Beach Wilson in the North Orange County tournament. Mater Dei improved to 8-0. Ayala stayed unbeaten with an 81-43 win over Paramount. Servite defeated El Modena, 73-35. Pearson... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How UK Publishers are Using Facebook Instant Articles

Another 13 U.K. publishers are signed up to start using Facebook’s Instant Articles, including The Daily Telegraph, The Mirror, The Daily Mail and The Economist, Sky News, sports site 90min.com and The Sun.   The BBC and ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diversity drive on track in children's, but call for more BAME authors

Authors, agents and publishers have praised the increase in the number of books with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and mental health themes in 2015, but added that more needs to be done in terms of publishing BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) authors and books that feature... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books of the Year 2015: newspaper round-up

In our third annual Best of the Best round-up, The Bookseller takes a broad look at which titles are gathering consistent mentions as highlights of the year in publishing in newspapers' "Best of 2015" lists. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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