Writer, rapper and community activist Darren McGarvey, also known as 'Loki', has won the Orwell Prize for Books for his "heart-rending" debut Poverty Safari (Luath Press). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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British author Jon McGregor wins the 100,000 euro (£81,000) International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his third novel Even the Dogs. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz has acquired the first YA series from New York Times-bestselling author Brandon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad, a booming ebook community site, hosts five million stories, with 500,000 added per month. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A look into two of New Zealand's darker tales have made the shortlist for this year's New Zealand Post Book Awards. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British journalist Richard Lloyd Parry skillfully goes beyond the headlines in the 2000 disappearance of fellow Brit Lucie Blackman in Tokyo. It is a dark, unforgettable ride.People Who Eat Darkness Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Take-up by academics of the option to publish via Open Access models is “variable”,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A debut novel has won the Orange Prize for Fiction for the second year running, with US author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Terry Pratchett has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction after being... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Delhi-based novelist Rahul Bhattacharya has won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Friday Project has signed UK rights to Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance by Benjamin... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orange will not renew its title sponsorship of The Women's Prize for Fiction after this year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manchester-based independent Comma Press has sold short story collection The Corpse Exhibition by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octogenarian Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With ebooks and digital subscription of magazines and newspapers becoming the new hot, many are sending off the message that print is gradually losing or has even already lost to its digital counterpart, while others argue that print is far from dead. Needless to say, being one of the leading... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rukhsana Yasmin, commissioning editor at The Westbourne Press, has won this year's Kim Scott... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susie Harries' Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life (Chatto & Windus) and Professor Alexandra... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although print accounts for 80% of Hearst's revenues, the publisher is spending 80% of its time on the "huge potential" of digital, according to Ella Dolphin, publishing director of Hearst Magazines UK's young women's group. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Livre has today (4th May) reduced the retail prices of ebooks to the level of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The general secretary of the Society of Authors has called for a one-on-one meeting with culture... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By James Sturdivant The 2012 Publishing Business Conference & Expo brought together more than 1,300 industry experts and solutions providers for three days of education, idea sharing and opportunity at the... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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