Literature Wales launches funding scheme for under-represented writers

Literature Wales has launched a brand new funding scheme for Wales-based writers from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and writers with a disability or illness (mental or physical).  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-21 20:58:51 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing launches non-fiction arm

Amazon Publishing is breaking into non-fiction in the UK through imprint Little A. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LUP partners with Northcote House on Writers series

Liverpool University Press is partnering with Northcote House Publishers for publication of the series Writers and their Work. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Riot founder Hooson launches literary agency

Anwen Hooson, co-founder and former co-managing director of Riot Communications, is launching the Bird Literary Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Long scoops Welsh children’s literature award

YA author Hayley Long has won the Tir na n-Og Children’s Literature Award for The Nearest Faraway Place (Hot Key Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are wrestling with Facebook’s desire to own Facebook-funded Watch shows

Facebook wants to own more of the shows it subsidizes for Facebook Watch, but publishers are not always willing to give those rights away. The post Publishers are wrestling with Facebook’s desire to own Facebook-funded Watch shows appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five-Day Poetry Fest Will Launch London’s New Second Home Bookstore

The way to open a new poetry bookstore at a communal office, says the UK's Second Home, is to hold a poetry festival on the premises. The company's Holland Park facility is the venue in June. The post Five-Day Poetry Fest Will Launch London’s New Second Home Bookstore appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the face of scandals, no Nobel literature prize will be awarded this year

The Swedish Academy has announced the 2018 literature prize will be given in 2019, the first time since 1943 that the prize has been delayed. Allegations of sexual assault against the husband of one of its former members has created a rift within the secret academy.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Swedish Academy postpones 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Swedish Academy which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature has confirmed that it plans to postpone this year's award following the sexual assault scandal which has rocked the organisation and led to nearly half the 18-strong Academy resigning their posts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scandal-rocked Nobel board won't award literature prize this year

The Swedish Academy says the Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body's reputation. The academy said Friday the 2018 prize will be given in 2019. The decision was made at a weekly meeting... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No Nobel Prize in Literature in 2018

Following a ballooning sexual harassment scandal that has engulfed the Swedish Academy for weeks, the Academy has pushed off awarding the 2018 prize until next year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unbound launches reading club

Unbound has started a reading club offering benefits such as free ebooks, special events and free shipping. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Spanish Writer, a Canadian Publisher, and a Chapbook Hit

A slim, hand-stitched chapbook called 'Against Amazon' has slowly but surely began circulating among independent booksellers. They have Biblioasis, a publisher based in Windsor, Ontario, to thank for that. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund Is Open, Two Deadlines This Year

Established in June 2017, the new PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund supports international publishers who successfully apply for grants to fund translation of Afrikaans works into other languages. The post PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund Is Open, Two Deadlines This Year appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon US launches subscription service for children's books

Amazon US has launched its first subscription service for physical books - a service called Prime Book Box specialised in children's books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarian wins £10k Cheltenham Literature Festival First Novel competition

A Bristol librarian has won the inaugural Cheltenham Literature Festival First Novel competition with her “clever, pulsing story”, scooping a book deal with Borough Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Launches Kids' Subscription Service

Amazon has introduced Prime Book Box, a subscription service that will deliver children’s books every one, two, or three months to customers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Rebel Writers' explored by Brayfield for I B Tauris

Independent I B Tauris has signed novelist Celia Brayfield’s new book Rebel Writers in a deal made with Curtis Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 17 Years of Litigation, 'Freelance' Writers Finally Collect

Payments of more than $9 million have finally been issued to thousands of freelance writers following the 2014 settlement of a class action case filed in the wake of the landmark Tasini vs. New York Times, the seminal legal battle of the digital publishing era. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Crisis' at Swedish Academy jeopardises 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature may not be awarded this year, following the sexual assault scandal that has rocked the Swedish Academy which governs the prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neuroscientist David Eagleman to appear at Auckland Writers Festival

World-renowned neuroscientist and bestselling author David Eagleman has published a lot of books on the brain. But a little work of fiction he wrote almost a decade ago influenced readers' minds in a way scientific texts never could. Ahead of his appearance at the Auckland Writers Festival, he... Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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