Mistry wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014 has been given to Cyrus Mistry for his novel... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Millwood Hargrave's 'mesmerising' debut wins Waterstones Children's Book Prize

Poet and playwright Kiran Millwood Hargrave has been named the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 for her debut novel The Girl of Ink and Stars (Chicken House). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Dylan finally to accept Nobel Prize for Literature this weekend

Bob Dylan will formally accept the Nobel Prize for Literature this weekend, following months of speculation over whether this would happen.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phoebe Roy wins the Sceptre Loves short story prize

Phoebe Roy has won Sceptre's "Sceptre Loves" short story prize for "It Was Summer", a story charting a relationship between two men as it changes with the seasons. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacob Ross wins inaugural Jhalak Prize

Jacob Ross has won the inaugural Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour for his crime fiction novel The Bone Readers (Peepal Tree). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Loneliness novel wins Pageturner Prize for unpublished writing

Leaf Arbuthnot, author of An Unmaimed Man, has won Tibor Jones' 2017 Pageturner Prize for unpublished novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo's Counternarratives wins inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize

Counternarratives by John Keene (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses, for its "once in a generation achievement for short form fiction". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gangster novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Jennifer Egan

Corsair is publishing a new novel this year by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan called Manhattan Beach.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eckerman and Forché win $160k Windham-Campbell Prizes

Ali Cobby Eckerman and Carolyn Forché are the first poets to be recognised with the $160,000 (£130,000) Windham-Campbell Prizes, alongside six other writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sands and Gundar-Goshen win JQ Wingate Literary Prize

Philippe Sands and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen have been chosen as joint winners of the Jewish Quarterly Wingate literary prize (worth £4,000). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge School of Arts graduate wins picture book prize

Camille Whitcher, a 2016 graduate of the Cambridge School of Arts Illustration MA, has won the 2017 Children’s Picture Book Prize, organised by the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Brighton-based indie publisher Salariya Book Company Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Writing North wins bid to run £40k David Cohen Prize

The UK’s answer to the Nobel Prize for Literature – the £40,000 David Cohen Prize  - is now being managed by New Writing North. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacob Polley wins £20k T S Eliot Prize for poetry

Jacob Polley has won the £20,000 T S Eliot Prize for poetry for his “firework of a book” Jackself (Picador). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: University is 9-0 after 89-69 win over South East

Westchester and Fairfax remain the favorites to win the Western League, but the most likely league team to be unbeaten well into January is University, which improved to 9-0 on Thursday with an 89-69 win over South East. Gabe Okmin scored 29 points, Jude Agbasi had 17 and Daisone Hughes had 16.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schöffling Verlag Wins Kurt Wolff Prize for Independent Publishing

This year’s Kurt Wolff Prize has been awarded to Frankfurt-based Schöffling & Co. Verlag, honoring its 25-year tradition of independent publishing. The post Schöffling Verlag Wins Kurt Wolff Prize for Independent Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sara Baume wins 2015 Geoffrey Faber prize

Debut Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume has won the annual Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 2015 for fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maths book wins 2016 educational writers prize

A children’s book that combines maths and design activities has won this year’s Educational Writers Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DK title wins children's science book prize

How Machines Work by David Macaulay (Dorling Kindersley) was today announced as the winner of the £10,000 Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize 2016, which champions the best science books for under-14s. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'March: Book Three' Wins 2016 NBA for Young People's Literature

Members of the publishing industry gathered at Cipriani Wall Street for the 67th National Book Awards, where John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell won for 'March: Book Three.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hisham Matar wins Best First Biography Prize

Libyan writer Hisham Matar has won the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize, awarded at the Biographers' Club prize dinner yesterday evening (15th November) at the Savile Club in London. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Extraordinary' East West Street wins £30k Baillie Gifford Prize

Philippe Sands' East West Street (W&N), a personal account of the history of genocide and crimes against humanity, has won the £30,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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