Kathryn Hind, Stacey Halls and Okechukwu Nzelu are among the winners of this year's £100,000 Society of Author Awards. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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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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The 12-strong shortlist for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards 2016 has been unveiled, with a strong presence from larger publishers Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Penguin Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US ISBN agency, Bowker, reports a 21-percent jump in self-published ISBNs—not titles—from 2014 to 2015, another indication of quickly rising interest in indie publishing. The post Bowker: 727,000 US Self-Published ISBNs Registered in 2015 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-08 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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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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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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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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The Royal Society of Literature is adding the Encore Award, a £10,000 prize for the best second novel of the year, to its portfolio of literary awards and prizes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Linda Duncan McLaughlin has won the 2016 Goat Bursary created by author Joanna Cannon (pictured) and agent Sue Armstrong. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here are the 10 August titles given the highest marks by the Monitor's book critics. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Of an initial 156 books, the jury in the 25,000-euro German Book Prize has selected 20 titles 'linguistically diverse' titles for the longlist. The post German Book Prize Announces a 20-Title Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schumer's essay collection, 'The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo,' expected to be one of the big books of the summer, sold just under 40,000 hardcover copies in its first week on sale, according to BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent poetry publisher Nine Arches Press has been awarded a grant of £49,550 from Arts Council England to further develop its business, audiences and publications. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians from Devon, Dorset, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Edinburgh are in the running for this year’s School Librarian of the Year Award, given by the School Library Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman and N K Jemisin were among the authors announced as winners at the 2016 Hugo Awards for science fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Co-founder of Oneworld, Juliet Mabey, and authors A L Kennedy and Irenosen Okojie, have been selected to judge literature development organisation Spread the Word's London Short Story Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The indie publisher has high hopes for a recently released memoir by U.S. Olympic swimmer Anthony Ervin after he unexpectedly became the oldest individual swimmer to win a gold medal in Rio. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN International has released the longlist for its 2016 New Voices Award for young writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN and the Society of Authors have welcomed a new report on defamation law in Northern Ireland recommending that Northern Irish law should emulate that of England and Wales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mariella Frostrup and Joanna Kavenna will be judging Harvill Secker’s Norwegian-language Young Translators’ Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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