The Harry Potter author will be presented the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service award May 16 at the literary and human rights group's annual gala in New York. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#annual gala
Louise Erdrich and Natalie Diaz took home Pulitzer Prizes for fiction and poetry, respectively, at this year's virtual ceremony on June 11, which honored five books spotlighting the lived experiences of people of color in the United States from multiple perspectives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#pulitzer prize
#multiple perspectives
#virtual ceremony
#louise erdrich
Pan Macmillan and The bks Agency are running a free online event all week to demystify publishing for those curious about entering the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-09 19:06:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#pan macmillan
#demystify publishing
#bks agency
#pan mac
Santanu Battacharya has won Spread the Word’s Life Writing Prize 2021, with "The Nicer One", hailed by judges as a "gut-punch of a piece". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-09 14:59:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#won spread
Sudhir Hazareesingh has won the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize for Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture, with the award clinched for a second year in a row by an Allen Lane title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-09 10:57:46 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#toussaint louverture
#epic life
Author Paul Mendez is to judge this year's Writers & Artists Working-Class Writers’ Prize, which returns this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-08 05:21:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Paperchains, a project which records writing by prisoners, homeless people and members of the armed forces about the coronavirus lockdown, has received Arts Council funding and will now become a book and touring production. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-08 04:10:41 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#coronavirus lockdown
#armed forces
#homeless people
‘The Disappearing Act’ is a twisty novel that capitalizes on Steadman’s Hollywood experience. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#downton abbey
#catherine steadman
Bloomsbury and Granta have three titles each shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, and Political Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-28 23:46:28 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bloomsbury
#political fiction
#political writing
#orwell prize
Simon & Schuster UK has collaborated with the Jhalak Prize in its Books to Readers programme, which aims to boost sales and visibility for longlisted writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-25 00:26:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#boost sales
#jhalak prize
Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates have won the Richard Jefferies Society & the White Horse Bookshop's Literary Prize for nature writing with their book Orchard: A Year in England's Eden (William Collins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-24 15:30:01 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#literary prize
#nature writing
News and Events Mariah Rust and Xin Xu recently were named the recipients of the fourth annual translation prize for students sponsored by World Literature Today at the University of Oklahoma. Consistent with World Literature Today’s commitment to... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-05-20 16:07:11 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#book review
#french literature
#faculty sponsor
#phone call
#international studies
#publishing world
Shola von Reinhold wins the award for small publishing houses with their novel LOTE, but financial reward split among 10 publishersThe Scottish author Shola von Reinhold has won the Republic of Consciousness prize for small presses for their “dazzling” queer debut novel LOTE. But the £20,000... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-05-19 12:17:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#publishing houses
#debut novel
#black woman
#von reinhold
#small presses
#consciousness prize
Fundraiser running until 21 May also includes chances to consult with star agent Jonny Geller and have a character named after you in a Sarah Pinborough novelA literary auction raising money to help vaccinate the world against coronavirus has made more than £23,000 so far, as book lovers bid to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-05-18 12:13:19 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#literary agent
#jill mansell
#grown ups
#marian keyes
#signed copy
#netflix hit
#sarah pinborough
#mentoring sessions
#character named
#hilary mantel
The list of Pulitzer Prize-winning books is dominated by white men, so we're highlighting winning nonfiction by women and people of color. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-05-17 10:37:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#pulitzer prize
#white men
The Littlest Yak by debut author Lu Fraser and illustrator Kate Hindley (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) has won the £10,000 Oscar’s Book Prize 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 04:12:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#debut author
#book prize
Heather McCalden has won the £3,000 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & Lewitt Studios Essay Prize with "The Observable Universe". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 02:52:24 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The five winning entries has been announced for the inaugural Comic Creators’ Prize, a call-out for Black creatives to get editorial feedback. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-10 07:19:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#editorial feedback
In music and commentary, the Jerusalem International Book Forum has opened its interim online program, Barnes to speak in Israel next year. The post Israel’s Jerusalem Prize Goes to England’s Julian Barnes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-05-03 17:20:10 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#jerusalem prize
#julian barnes
#post israel
Kris Naudus describes how the Libby library app helped restore her sanity during lockdown. Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-05-03 13:30:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#free books
#libby app
Independent publisher Joffe Books is partnering with author Dorothy Koomson and literary agent Susan Yearwood to launch a writing prize for unagented crime writers of colour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-30 23:20:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#independent publisher
#literary agent
#writing prize