“Kiwi Twin Peaks” Wins 2013 Man Booker Prize

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton, at the age of just 28, has become the younger ever winner of the Man Booker Prize for her novel "The Luminaries." Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]

Other Publishing stories related to: '“Kiwi Twin Peaks” Wins 2013 Man Booker Prize'


Orchard to launch Sea Quest in 2013

Hachette Children’s imprint Orchard Books is to launch a Beast Quest spin-off series,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hachette children


Universities minister to chair Samuel Johnson prize

David Willetts MP will chair the judges for the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Apple 'in talks' over Women's Prize for Fiction sponsorship

Apple has held talks with the organisers of the Women's Prize for Fiction with a view to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fiction sponsorship #held talks


'Find Waldo Local' to Return in 2013

Candlewick's Find Waldo Local promotion, which the publisher produced last month in conjunction with the American Booksellers Association, was such a resounding success that Candlewick announced that it will sponsor it again next summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Youngest ever authors make Dylan Thomas Prize longlist

Legend Press and Bloomsbury both have two books on the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #legend press


New women’s prize sponsor ‘announced in September’

The new sponsor for the Women's Prize for Fiction, up-to-now sponsored by Orange, will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Denise Mina wins Crime Novel of the Year

Glaswegian writer Denise Mina has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #peculier crime


Nominations open for World Book Night 2013

Nominations for books to be given out for free at next year's World Book Night will begin on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #nominations open


Costa launches story prize

Costa has launched a new award for a single, previously unpublished short story, with the winner... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Picador wins auction for Iceland debut

Picador has won a hotly-contested auction for Burial Rites, a debut novel set in Iceland in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hotly-contested auction #burial rites


New Kate Atkinson for spring 2013

Doubleday will be publishing a new Kate Atkinson novel, titled Life After Life, next... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #kate atkinson


Englander wins Frank O'Connor Award

Author Nathan Englander has been announced as the winner of the world's most valuable short... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #connor award


Picador wins Lottiery

Picador has won an 11-publisher tussle for a début by Lottie Moggach, daughter of novelist... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


E-book price fixing trial set for 2013: Apple, Macmillan and Penguin prepare for courtroom brawl

The Justice Department meant business when it accused Apple and five other publishers of price-rigging ebooks, and are officially taking Cupertino and two publishers to court. In a hearing on Friday, Judge Denise Cote set a bench trial for June 3, 2012, putting Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #accused apple #penguin group #agency pricing #justice department


Smart Newspapers Win at Attracting Youth

I-Next of India has been designated the 2012 World Young Reader Newspaper of the Year in the annual Young Reader Prize competition from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which awarded 21 prizes to newspapers and a pr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #world association


Engage wins sports book of the year

Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson has won the British Sports Book Awards Sports Book of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #matt hampson


Double win with A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls (Walker Books) written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has become the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #double win #monster calls #patrick ness #jim kay


Colgan wins Melissa Nathan Award

Jenny Colgan has won the “coolest award in women’s commercial fiction” for her... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #jenny colgan #commercial fiction


Burtenshaw: 'no LBF price model changes in 2013'

Reed Exhibitions, organiser of the London Book Fair, is not anticipating changing the traditional... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #reed exhibitions


Review: 'When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man' a strong debut

'When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man' is the first novel from Nick Dybek, son Stuart Dybek, and centers on a threat to a fishing community's way of life.The title of Nick Dybek's debut novel, "When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man," hints at transitions to come, and the phrase "was still"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #good man