Kate Davies and Amrou Al-Kadhi win 2020 Polari Prizes

Kate Davies and Amrou Al-Kadhi have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Polari Prizes, the UK’s only award celebrating literature that explores the LGBTQ+ experience. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 20:08:17 UTC ]

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Powers wins Guardian First Book Award

Former soldier Kevin Powers has won the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award for novel The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kevin Powers wins Guardian First Book Award

Author Kevin Powers wins the Guardian First Book Award for his 'unforgettable first novel' The Yellow Birds Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury pulps stock after Orange Prize error

Bloomsbury has been forced to pulp 6,000 copies of a novel after wrongly labelling it as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secret Race takes William Hill prize

An exposé of doping in professional cycling has won the William Hill Sports Book of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sebba succeeds Davis as SoA chair

Biographer Anne Sebba is to take over as chair of the Society of Authors, succeeding Lindsey... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blake wins Eleanor Farjeon award

Quentin Blake has won the 2012 Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of outstanding commitment and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Erdrich, Katherine Boo win National Book Awards

Erdrich's 'The Round House' wins for fiction and Boo's book chronicling life in a Mumbai slum wins for nonfiction. David Ferry wins for poetry and 'Goblin Secrets' wins Young People's Literature.Novelist Louise Erdrich and journalist Katherine Boo took the top prizes at the National Book Awards... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades vies for book prize

EL James' best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey will compete with novels by Kate Mosse, JoJo Moyes and Bernard Cornwell at this year's National Book of the Year Awards. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ziff Davis Sold to J2 Global

Ziff Davis valuation is way up in the clouds. The tech-centric publisher has been sold to j2 Global, Inc., a business cloud services company, for $167 million, the companies announced today. The cash purchase is expected to yield j2 $60 million in 2013 revenues, said officials. Formerly a... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstores Win a Price War with Amazon?

Australia's Bookworld has guaranteed that it will beat Amazon and other online competitors' prices by 10%. But are they risking losing too much profit? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five debuts up for Guardian prize

Mumbai's slums, the Iraq war and the fall of Colonel Gaddafi are among the subjects covered by the five titles up for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Women-Only Literary Prizes Created in Australia and Canada

Women-only literary prizes have been created in both Canada and Australia to help balance the attention given to work by male authors vs. female authors. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon to win ebook tussle with Apple

European Union regulators are to end a US antitrust probe into ebook prices by accepting an offer by Apple and four publishers to ease price restrictions on Amazon, two sources said on Tuesday. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plagiarism Problem Plagues $150,000 Prize Winner from Peru

The awarding of this year's $150,000 FIL literature prize to Peruvian Alfredo Bryce Echenique, an accused plagiarist, has divided writers and critics across Latin America. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DJ Mayo's first book up for prize

Broadcaster Simon Mayo is longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal literary award for his first novel, Itch. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does the literary world need a women-only prize?

The Rosalind Prize for Fiction – named for Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' heroine – follows awards like Australia's women-only Stella Prize and the U.K.'s Orange Prize. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winterson memoir bags indie booksellers prize

Members of the public have voted Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre wins six-way auction for debut

  Sceptre has won a six-way auction to acquire a debut novel described as "impressive... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC wins internal communications gong

HarperCollins has won a PR Week Award for internal communication. The corporate communications... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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India vs. China? To Publishers, India Wins

A rising middle class, looser regulations and ebook growth puts India ahead of China on many publishers agendas, says OUP's group strategist. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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