Melinda Gates has donated $250,000 to the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

Earlier this year, we learned of the founding of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, which is the first English-language literary award to celebrate excellence in fiction by women writers in the United States and Canada. And today, the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction announced that it has received a $250,000 donation from philanthropist, women’s […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Norwegian has been chosen as the language of the Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Baddiel amongst ‘Lollies’ prize winners

Books by David Baddiel and Sue Hendra were amongst the winners of the first Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies) for funny children’s books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Christofi debut wins £10k Betty Trask Prize

Debut novelist Alex Christofi from Dorset has won the £10,000 Betty Trask Prize at the Society of Authors annual Authors' Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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With Its ‘Heart in Scotland,’ the Walter Scott Prize Honors Simon Mawer

Despite the fact that he says, 'I don't consider myself a historical novelist at all,' Simon Mawer wins the £30,000 pound Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The post With Its ‘Heart in Scotland,’ the Walter Scott Prize Honors Simon Mawer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Mawer's Tightrope bags £25k Walter Scott Prize

Simon Mawer has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his 10th novel Tightrope (Little, Brown). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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How the Ad Council Used Facebook's Atlas to Drive Donations and Volunteers

A recent campaign success story for Feeding America could shed light on how consumers are using devices and which publishers are actually driving traffic. Working with the Ad Council and Facebook's Atlas measurement platform, the Chicago-based nonprofit launched an eight-week digital campaign... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Offering short, fast-paced novels designed to encourage book reading, James Patterson’s BookShots imprint sold a combined total of about 30,000 copies the first week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Wachsmann and Fox win £30k Wolfson History Prize

A college professor and a university fellow have won the Wolfson History Prize, awarded £30,000 each. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Grace Suen wins Macmillan illustration prize

Grace Suen, a student from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, has won this year’s Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Former Poetry Book Society director, Chris Holifield, has been appointed by the T S Eliot Foundation to the role of director of the T S Eliot Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Atwood awarded PEN Pinter Prize ahead of UK tour

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'Reclassified' Oli White tops Sunday Times adult fiction chart

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