Man and the Prize: Reactions to the Booker Losing a Sponsor

The Man Group is ending its sponsorship of the UK's most prestigious literary prize, the Man Booker Prize, and complaints and criticism are now following. The post Man and the Prize: Reactions to the Booker Losing a Sponsor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Does the critical reaction to The Jinx make you uncomfortable? | Erin McCann

Spare me your hipster hand-wringing: the only thing new about ‘true crime’ stories is that the people who normally feel themselves above it are now tuning inEveryone wants to think that they are above the baser things in life – special snowflakes who consume the products of Sunday-night HBO and... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Lahr wins Sheridan Morley Prize

John Lahr has won the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography for his biography of playwright Tennessee Williams. Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh (Bloomsbury Circus) was named the winner in a ceremony held at the Garrick Club in London today (19th March). Lahr, who received... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Louise O'Neill wins inaugural YA Book Prize

Louise O’Neill was yesterday (19th March) announced as the winner of the inaugural YA Book Prize. The Irish author was given the £2,000 award at a ceremony at Foyles’ flagship bookshop in Charing Cross, London, for her debut novel Only Ever Yours (Quercus), a dystopian, feminist satire on how... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Cross to sponsor British Sports Book Awards

The British Sports Book Awards will have a headline sponsor for the first time this year, following a deal with luxury pen-maker Cross. Held on 3rd June at Lord's Cricket Ground, this year's awards will give out prizes for categories including autobiography of the year, biography of the year,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Louise Erdrich takes the Library of Congress Prize

Erdrich is the author of such works as 'The Round House,' which won the 2012 National Book Award, and 'The Plague of Doves.' She is also the owner of the Minneapolis bookstore Birchbark Books and Native Arts. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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New Prize Honors Children's Books on American History

A new award aims to honor children's books that feature "events and people that shaped the history of the U.S." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder shortlisted for Carnegie and Greenaway Prize

Tinder by Sally Gardner and David Roberts (Orion Children’s Books) is in the running for a double CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway win after appearing on both shortlists, announced today (17th March). The book, which is a reworking of the Tinderbox fairytale, could also be Gardner’s second... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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VIDEO: The man who turned around Foyles

Sam Husain has fought off the threat of ebooks and online retailers to make Foyles bookshops profitable again. Continue reading at BBC World

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Marilynne Robinson wins fiction prize

Novelist Marilynne Robinson and cartoonist Roz Chast were among the winners at the National Book Critics Circle. Continue reading at BBC News

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Jean Vanier, L’Arche Founder, Wins Templeton Prize

Jean Vanier, who pioneered inclusive communities for the disabled who were previously isolated and institutionalized, has won the $1.7 million Templeton Prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baileys Prize reveals book longlist

The 20-strong longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction features five debut novels, alongside an author nominated for her 20th book. Continue reading at BBC News

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Tyler, Waters and Smith on Baileys Women's Prize longlist

Anne Tyler, Sarah Waters, Ali Smith, and five debut novelists including Emma Healey and Sara Taylor are on the longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.  Meanwhile chair of judges Shami Chakrabarti has told The Bookseller: "Until you can honestly see that women are getting the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Winston Graham Historical Prize revived

The Royal Institution of Cornwall is reviving The Winston Graham Historical Prize, following the start of the BBC’s new adaptation of Graham’s Poldark series last night (Sunday 8th March). The competition was first run in 2008 during centenary celebrations for the author.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Manning leaves Hot Key Books

Kate Manning has left her role as sales and marketing director of Hot Key Books. Manning confirmed she had left the company to The Bookseller, but would not give any more information.   A spokesperson for Bonnier, which owns Hot Key, would not confirm if Manning had been made redundant, but... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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L.A. Times Book Prize Finalists Announced

Fifty nominees in 10 categories are up for the awards, and the winners will be revealed on April 18. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Elizabeth McCracken Wins 2014 Story Prize

McCracken won the $20,000 prize for 'Thunderstruck,' her first short story collection in more than 20 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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OUP sponsors African literacy conference

Oxford University Press (OUP) is sponsoring an African literacy conference in South Africa this September. The conference is organised by the Reading Association of South Africa (RASA), a literacy group, in association with the International Literacy Association (ILA) and the International... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mundy to be Samuel Johnson prize director

Toby Mundy, the founder and former c.e.o. of Atlantic Books, is to become the first director of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction. Meanwhile submission deadlines for publishers will change to “accommodate the timelines and deadlines of the publishing calendar”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Plum Johnson Wins Canada's RBC Taylor Prize

Plum Johnson has won the C$25,000 RBC Taylor Prize, one of Canada’s top literary awards for nonfiction for her memoir, 'They Left Us Everything.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diagram Prize For Oddest Book Title: Shortlist Announced

The Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year announces the shortlist for 2015. Vote now to help choose the winner! The post Diagram Prize For Oddest Book Title: Shortlist Announced appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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