Loss and identity explored in CKG longlist

Chair of judges Alison Brumwell talks about some of the illustrators in the running for the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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The Bodley Head to explore science behind sound

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 11:04 The Bodley Head has acquired a title about the science behind sound, written by the president of the Institute of Acoustics, Trevor Cox. Editor Kay Peddle bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Peter Tallack at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three for Bloomsbury on William Hill longlist

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 30/09/2011 - 09:29 Bloomsbury leads the way with three nominations across its imprints on the 14-strong longlist for the £27,500 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2011. Behind the Boundary: Cricket at a Crossroads by Graeme Wright... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ali Smith on Green Carnation longlist

Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 14:09 Ali Smith, Jeanette Winterson and film director John Waters have all been longlisted for the Green Carnation Prize, now in its second year. The prize, open to all LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) writers celebrates the best of modern gay... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC scores five on South Asian longlist

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 14/09/2011 - 15:15 HarperCollins has scored five nominations on the 16-strong longlist for the DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2012, including Kishwar Desai’s Witness the Night, which won the Costa First Novel Award earlier this year. HC’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TLS "commited to standards" after Duguid loss

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 04/08/2011 - 09:00 The editor of the Times Literary Supplement has said the newspaper's "commitment to continuing and enhancing TLS standards of criticism... remains absolute," despite announcing the redundancy of its fiction editor. Lindsay... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Heinemann to explore Heyer's plagiarism fury

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 15:31 A literary plagiarism allegation from the 1950s is set to be given its first detailed airing in a new biography of much-loved novelist Georgette Heyer. Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller by Jennifer Kloester (Wm... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media debates Booker longlist

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 09:08 The newspapers have offered differing reactions to the Man Booker longlist announcement, made yesterday, with most hailing bookies' favourite Alan Hollinghurst, and the Daily Telegraph detecting a "more populist" selection.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indies dominate Booker longlist

Publication Date: Tue, 26/07/2011 - 15:24 Indies have dominated the longlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, announced today (26th July), with nine of the 13 titles from independent publishers. Forrmer winner, Alan Hollinghurst has also been nominated for his much-praised The Stranger’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CWA crowns winners, announces longlists

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 25/07/2011 - 09:16 The longlists have been revealed for the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards as the Crime Writers Association (CWA) awarded a number of Daggers at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Authors including Mo Hayder, S J... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Centaur restructures with loss of up to 60 jobs

Centaur Media has confirmed a wide-ranging restructure of its publishing business that includes axing the print versions of two of its biggest titles, Design Week and New Media Age. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longlist revealed for Royal Society Winton Prize

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Mon, 27/06/2011 - 10:01 Titles on waves, malaria and spiders’ webs have been longlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. The 13 titles also include titles by Matt Ridley, Tim Flanney and Alex Bellos. Chair of judges, author Monica... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Borders cuts losses as suitors circle

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 22/06/2011 - 09:15 Borders has cut its net losses by almost $100m (£61.7m) in May as two "buyout moguls" have emerged as contenders to take over the business. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Borders closes remaing Australian stores, 315 job losses

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 09:20 Borders stores in Australia will cease to exist in two weeks as the remaining stores were given their final death knell yesterday when administrators announced no buyer could be found. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Middlemarch explored for Granta

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 17/05/2011 - 15:50 Granta senior editor Bella Lacey has bought UK and Commonwealth rights in a book by New Yorker staff writer Rebecca Mead about the novel Middlemarch. Lacey acquired the title in a "competitive" four-way auction handled by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten make Authors' Club travel longlist

Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 11:54 Titles on Russian history, the populace of Germany and a spiritual travelogue have been longlisted for the 2011 Authors' Club Dolman Travel Book of the Year. Molotov's Magic Lantern by Rachel Polonski (Faber), Germania by Simon Winder (Picador) and All... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Child, McDermid and Hill on Theakstons longlist

Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 08:24 Lee Child, Val McDermid and Reginald Hill have all been longlisted for the 2011 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. The 18-strong list also includes some of the newest names in crime fiction, including Rosamund Lupton's bestselling Sister... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More agents to explore publishing models

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 08:38 Literary agents Curtis Brown and Blake Friedman have said they are planning to follow Ed Victor's move into publishing, after he announced an ebook and print-on-demand venture earlier this week. Curtis Brown m.d. Jonathan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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America 'exploring' World Book Night launch

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 11/05/2011 - 15:41 America wants to hold its own World Book Night following in the footsteps of the UK. The American Booksellers Association said it is "exploring" the possibility of replicating "a version" of the event, which saw 20,000 people... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shukla, Connolly, Kelman on Desmond Elliott longlist

Publication Date: Tue, 19/04/2011 - 08:41 Nikesh Shukla's Costa-nominated Coconut Unlimited has been longlisted for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize 2011, the award for a first novel published in the UK. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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De Waal, Kaletsky and Vulliamy make Samuel Johnson longlist

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Fri, 15/04/2011 - 08:46 Titles on topics from Second World War bombers to the life of Roald Dahl have been longlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011. The list of 18 books also includes Edmund De Waal’s Costa-winning The Hare with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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