Australian author Kate Morton has won a $500,000 lawsuit against her former literary agent Selwa Anthony. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The long run of unit sales of print books posting weekly sales gains over the comparable week in 2020 came to an end last week, with units falling 1.3% compared to the week ending July 11, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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American author Susan Choi has won the 2021 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award with her "luminous" story "Flashlight". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-09 16:07:00 UTC ]
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What six med school graduates saw as the coronavirus tore through New York hospitals. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-07-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Ali Smith has won the inaugural Pleasure of Reading Prize, in recognition of her body of work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 20:56:05 UTC ]
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Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon have won the age three to six category at the UKLA Awards, the annual national book prize judged by teachers, with Look Up! (Puffin). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 18:44:26 UTC ]
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A K Blakemore has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for her "stunning" historical fiction novel The Manningtree Witches (Granta Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 17:06:17 UTC ]
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Having been responsible for much of Orion’s non-fiction output for more than a decade, Amanda Harris’ switch to agenting came as a surprise to some. She discusses her first 18 months at YMU, and explains why it has been a rewarding endeavour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 10:03:00 UTC ]
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Elle McNicoll has been named overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2021 for her debut novel A Kind of Spark (Knights Of). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-30 15:03:18 UTC ]
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Kanya D’Almeida has been declared the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for a "captivating" tale set in a Sri Lankan "sanctuary for the forsaken". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-30 08:05:28 UTC ]
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That 10% fee buys a novelist like me more than the chance of a big book deal – from a hand with the DIY to a shoulder to cry on after yet another knockbackA few weeks after the sudden death of my agent, Deborah Rogers, in 2014 the colleague deputed to take me on phoned. “I’ve found something in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-06-28 09:00:29 UTC ]
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He was known for his plain-spoken poems that drew universal meaning from everyday occurrences. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-26 13:51:24 UTC ]
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Julia Donaldson, Sara Ogilvie, Lemn Sissay, Ingrid Persaud and Jasbinder Bilan have won prizes at the Indie Book Awards, held as part of Independent Bookshop Week's celebrations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-26 13:47:44 UTC ]
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Ali Smith and Joshua Yaffa have won this year's £3,000 Orwell Prizes for Political Fiction and Political Writing respectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-25 03:14:57 UTC ]
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The Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is to receive the 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for her work that examines 'global questions of justice.' The post Zimbabwe’s Tsitsi Dangarembga Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-06-21 18:39:48 UTC ]
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How would you pronounce Ki? When Meg Davis left MBA in 2011, after 25 years, to start her own agency, she was casting about for a company name that would work well on social media and that tripped off the tongue. She says: “I didn’t want to call it Meg Davis and Associates because I thought... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-18 18:15:49 UTC ]
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The second digital evocation of the world's largest children's book trade show closes with big numbers and lots of programming on video. The post Bologna’s Finale: 75,000 Visitors and 300 Hours of ‘Initiatives’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-06-17 21:02:44 UTC ]
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As you may recall, right around St. Patrick’s Day in 2020, pretty much every bookstore on earth suspended all in-person author events indefinitely. Since then, book people like us have been cut off from meeting our favorite authors and have had to settle for watching glitchy versions of them on... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-06-17 08:49:48 UTC ]
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Jason Reynolds has won the 2021 Carnegie Medal for 'Look Both Ways,' and Sydney Smith has won the 2021 Kate Greenaway Medal for his picture book 'Small in the City.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Historical fiction was once considered a fusty backwater. Now the genre is having a renaissance, attracting first-rank novelists and racking up major prizes. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-06-13 09:00:02 UTC ]
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Bestselling Irish author Lucinda Riley, best known for the Seven Sisters series, has died after battling cancer for four years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-12 03:14:18 UTC ]
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