Irish novels can now compete for the Man Booker Prize

Until now, only Irish publishers who have headquarters in the UK were eligible to submit novels. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Espionage novel bags Little, Brown UEA Crime Fiction Award

Merle Nygate has won the inaugural Little, Brown Award for crime fiction at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan Straight read more than 500 novels this year. But her favorite is a memoir.

You might not believe it. I read or re-read more than 500 novels this year, to make an epic interactive map of our literary nation with regional fiction. There are 737 novels on that map, which I made for Granta. In choosing specific locations for each novel, I often stayed up all night... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Graphic Novel’s Dilemma: Debating a Genre’s Search for Respect

If the the graphic novel has come of age, that didn't slow down the debate around this genre's search for its place in publishing at Guadalajara. The post The Graphic Novel’s Dilemma: Debating a Genre’s Search for Respect appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foley's first crime novel pre-empted in six-figure deal

Lucy Foley has signed a "strong six-figure deal" for her first crime novel and one other book with HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Uncommissioned biography on Queen Victoria's 'freaks' scoops Tony Lothian Prize

John Woolf has won the Biographers’ Club Tony Lothian Prize 2017 for an uncommissioned first biography for his proposed book Queen Victoria’s Freaks: The Performers at Buckingham Palace. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Tale of Two Publishers: AMI Stands By Its Man

As The New Yorker fires its star political reporter over misconduct, AMI gives Dylan Howard a pass. The post A Tale of Two Publishers: AMI Stands By Its Man appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Irish Bridget Jones' series gets six-figure deal

Gill Books has struck a six-figure two-book deal with journalists Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen to continue their series about stereotypical Irish girl Aisling, hailed as Ireland's answer to Bridget Jones.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Handmaid's Tale' Was the Year's Most Read Novel On Amazon

'The Handmaid's Tale' and 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' were the most-read fiction and nonfiction titles, respectively, on Amazon in 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown Nabs Atkinson's Next Novel

Little, Brown and Company will publish 'Transcription,' a new novel by Kate Atkinson, on September 28, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-figure deal for 'Irish Bridget Jones' series

Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen sign two-book deal to follow their breakout debut, Oh My God, What a Complete AislingTwo friends whose novel about a “complete Aisling” is being hailed as the Irish answer to Bridget Jones have landed a six-figure two-book deal.Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Powerful' Kate Atkinson novel coming next year

The multi-million-pound-selling Kate Atkinson is back next September with a new novel based on the life of a female former Secret Service worker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Templar launches dragon-themed illustration prize

Templar Publishing is launching a dragon-themed prize for aspiring illustrators as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sands to chair Women’s Prize for Fiction judges

BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme editor Sarah Sands has been unveiled as the chair of the judges for the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion signs Campbell and Fletcher's 'gripping' football novel

Orion is publishing a novel by former Labour spin doctor​ Alastair Campbell that he has written in collaboration with ex-Burnley Football Club star Paul Fletcher.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Clegg to chair Russian Book Prize judging panel

Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will chair the judging panel for the 2018 Russian Book Prize run by Pushkin House. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kim Moore wins 2016 Geoffrey Faber prize

Kim Moore has won the 2016 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for her poetry collection The Art of Falling (Seren Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Keyes, Keane and Connolly triumph at Irish Book Awards

Bernard MacLaverty, Marian Keyes and John Connolly are among the authors honoured at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cassandra Clare scoops £1m for first adult novels

The author, an established star of YA fiction with her Mortal Instruments series, has signed a two-book, seven-figure deal with Pan MacmillanThe writer Cassandra Clare, whose stories of the half-angel shadowhunters in the Mortal Instruments series have won her legions of teenage fans, has landed... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crace, Shukla and Summerscale to judge Rathbones Folio Prize 2018

Novelists Jim Crace, Nikesh Shukla and writer Kate Summerscale are to be the judges of next year's Rathbones Folio Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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