Margaret Atwood makes Booker Prize short list, Giller Prize long list

Awards buzz is ramping up for author Margaret Atwood, who is again in the running for both the Man Booker Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.  Continue reading at 'CBC'

[ CBC | 2019-09-03 19:27:06 UTC ]
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Fine condemns 'short-sighted' Durham library cuts

Former children's laureate Anne Fine has condemned plans to cut Durham library services,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Now and Then Jumps into Digital Short Pool

In early 2011, Amazon launched Kindle Singles, and among those who saw the potential of the short-form digital content model were Chandos Erwin, managing director of the digital agency Oatmeal Beach, and Ivan Dee, founder of Ivan R. Dee Inc. (now an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) and then... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital-only short story trails Fforde novel

Random House has released the first direct-to-digital fiction title by bestselling author Katie... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gantos, Raschka, Whaley Take Home Top Kids’ Prizes

Last Monday, the American Library Association announced its annual Youth Media Awards at its Midwinter conference, held this year in Dallas. The 2012 John Newbery Medal went to author Jack Gantos for Dead End in Norvelt (FSG), a semiautobiographical story set in the town of Norvelt, Pa. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Niffenegger to write short story for Solaris

Author of The Time Traveller’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger is to write a short story for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate bags Gray short stories

Canongate is to publish the complete short stories of Lanark author Alasdair Gray, after... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Black Project wins graphic novel prize

Gareth Brookes' The Black Project has won Myriad Editions' first competition for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sykes makes history donation to London schools

Author Adrian Sykes, with his publisher David Campbell, of Everyman's Library, is to donate a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prize-winning debut to Hutchinson

Hutchinson has bought Lamb by Bonnie Nazdam, a début novel which won the 2011 Flaherty-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women writers dominate Waterstones 11 list

Eight female novelists have made the Waterstones 11 2012 selection, with three novels each from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Burnside wins T S Eliot Prize

John Burnside's Black Cat Bone (Jonathan Cape) has won the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fnac making 510 redundant to cut costs

Fnac, the leading French cultural products chain, will lay off 510 of its 17,000 staff and may... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mirror launches year-long reading campaign

The Daily Mirror is to run a We Love Reading campaign, backed by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short story 'newspaper' hits bookshops

The team behind the successful book Change the World for a Fiver has launched a free newspaper... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thames & Hudson to expand children's list

Illustrated publisher Thames & Hudson is to expand its children's list with new non-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Unprecedented" seven make Man Asian shortlist

An "unprecedented" seven novels have been shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade hailed in mixed Honours List

Authors, poets and librarians are among those hailed for their work in the New Year Honours List... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Police make arrest over Bertrams fraud

A man has been arrested and bailed in connection with a £1.9m fraud alleged to have taken... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bible hogs Norway's bestseller list

A new translation of the Bible has taken the top spot in Norway's bestseller list, selling 75... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mullin returning champion in MPs' must-read list

The third volume of Chris Mullin's memoirs, A Walk-On Part (Profile Books), has been named... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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