Louisa Danquah wins BAME scholarship

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winner of their first BAME scholarship sponsored by the Bent Agency. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pedersen's 'Guardians' wins $75,000 Cundill Prize

Canadian historian Susan Pedersen's The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire (Oxford University Press) has won the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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De Waal to fund diversity scholarship

Author Kit de Waal is to fund a Creative Writing scholarship at Birkbeck, University of London, for a budding writer from a low-income household or a marginalised background. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mathias Enard wins Prix Goncourt 2015

French writer Mathias Enard has won France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, for his book Boussole ("Compass") which is published by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Silberman wins £20k Samuel Johnson Prize

Steve Silberman has been awarded the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently (Allen and Unwin). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richell prize: Sally Abbott's vision of a future Australia wins literary award

The PR director from regional Victoria beat 975 writers to the $10,000 prize and a year’s mentorship to develop her manuscript to publicationAustralia’s newest literary award, the Richell prize for emerging writers, has been won by Sally Abbott for her manuscript, Closing Down.Abbott, a public... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vera B. Williams dies at 88; award-winning children's author and illustrator

Vera B. Williams' family saved pennies and nickels to get by during the Depression. So her mother's purchase of a "real chair" — neither stick-hard nor someone's castoff but brand new and cushiony — was an extravagance. "I don't intend to work all my life and have nowhere to sit down," the woman... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cathcart Froden wins £10k Dundee International Book Prize

Martin Cathcart Froden’s unpublished debut novel Devil Take the Hindmost has been announced as the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize 2015. Cathcart Froden was awarded the £10,000 prize and a publishing deal with Freight Books at the Dundee Literary Festival today (21st October). He... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Atavist is Winning Over Publishers

When monthly magazine California Sunday started publishing on the Web last fall, it didn’t opt for CMS standbys such as WordPress or Drupal. Instead, it chose Atavist, a small publishing platform billed by media prognosticators as & ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize 2015

Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize 2015 for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld). James, who is the first Jamaican to have won the £50,000 award in its history, was announced as the winner at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 13th October. Chair of judges,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frank Witzel Wins the German Book Prize 2015

With his novel, The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a Manic Depressive Teenager in the Summer of 1969, Frank Witzel has won the 2015 German Book Prize. The post Frank Witzel Wins the German Book Prize 2015 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jimmy Savile book wins Gordon Burn Prize

Dan Davies has won the Gordon Burn Prize for In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile (Quercus). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexievich wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, 67, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The chair of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, said her polyphonic writings were "a monument to suffering and courage in our time."  Alexievich is recognised for her work chronicalling the lives and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Svetlana Alexievich Wins the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature

Alexievich, a Belarusian journalist and author of the 2005 nonfiction work 'Voices from Chernobyl,' was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buckley wins BBC Short Story prize

Jonathan Buckley has won the  £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for ‘Briar Road’.   This evening (6th October) he was presented with the prize of £15,000 by this year’s Chair of Judges Allan Little at a ceremony held in the BBC’s Radio Theatre in London. The news was announced live on BBC... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Logan wins Polari First Book Prize

Glasgow-based author Kirsty Logan has won the Polari First Book Prize 2015 for her short story collection, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales (Salt Publishing). Now in its fifth year, the Polari First Book Prize celebrates the best debut books exploring the LGBT experience, whether through... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bradley wins £20k Notting Hill Essay Prize

David Bradley has won the £20,000 Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize 2015.    Bradley won the prize for his essay “A Eulogy for Nigger”. The essay was written in response to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People burial of the word in 2007. Bradley’s essay is described... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author launches search for BAME children’s writers

Author Leila Rasheed has created a writer development scheme, funded by the Publishers Association and Arts Council England, to encourage writers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to write children’s books. Rasheed said she set up the Megaphone project because she... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virgin Books wins auction for medical detection dogs title

Virgin Books has acquired a title by the founder of Medical Detection Dogs, in a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gunesekera wins at Asian Achievers Awards

Author Romesh Gunesekera was presented with an award for his services to media, arts and culture at this year's Asian Achievers Awards. Sri-Lankan born Gunesekera, who was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1994 for his novel Reef, was honoured at the 15th annual Asian Achievers Awards on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown wins rights to Ensaf Haidar's memoir

Little, Brown has signed a book by Ensaf Haidar, the wife of imprisoned Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi. Richard Beswick won world English language rights, excluding America, in an auction to Raif Badawi, The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story from Barbara Zitwer at the Barbara J Zitwer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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