Judges praise the final six ‘exquisite and ambitious’ works in contention for the £50,000 award for nonfictionBooks tackling climate change, China, the NHS, European revolutions, ballet and music feature on the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction.The six-long list includes “exquisite, quite ambitious works of writing about art and music and history” as well as “very courageous investigative journalism”, said judging chair and Financial Times literary editor Frederick Studemann. He announced the list on Sunday live from an event at Cheltenham Literature Festival. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-08 19:00:48 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#judging chair
#literary editor
The award-winning author of ‘Her Body and Other Parties’ on writing fiction for today, the tyranny of genre, and reading outside of our comfort zones. The post We’re in a Rough Place in History Right Now: The Millions Interviews Carmen Maria Machado appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2019-10-08 16:00:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#writing fiction
#comfort zones
#award-winning author
The finalists for the five categories have been named, and the winner in each category will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
If you want to get your kids to read more instead of watching TV, Amazon hasn't forgotten about you or your kid. Alongside the Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet the company announced today, Amazon took the wraps off the Kindle Kids Edition, its first-ev... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-10-07 16:02:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#amazon announces
#kindle
Another week, another prestigious literary prize announcement. This time, it’s the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which “celebrates the power of literature to promote peace, social justice, and global understanding.” The nonfiction winner was Rising Out of Hatred, by Eli Saslow, a book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-07 15:05:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#social justice
#global understanding
#nonfiction winner
#literary prize
Translating one medium into another is tricky. Music is music and art is art and dance is dance; to try to convey the power of another art in fiction is its own sleight-of-hand. My own first novel takes on that challenge. In A Song For A New Day, musician Luce Cannon was on the cusp […] The post... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-10-07 11:00:15 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#fantasy stories
#electric literature
#first novel
#science fiction
A pair of historical novels maps a journey of discovery about World War II and its effects on noncombatants’ lives. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Simon & Schuster UK has landed a history of wartime Vogue by historian Julie Summers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-06 20:23:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publish history
Viking will publish a companion journal to former US First Lady Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir Becoming later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-06 15:05:01 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bestselling memoir
#memoir
Leading the recently announced Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Authority, Dr. Ali Bin Tamim wants to provide more incentives to translate Arabic literature. The post The Sheikh Zayed Book Prize’s Ali Bin Tamim: ‘Timeless Globalized Values’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-03 05:44:28 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#zayed book
A key figure in getting Arabic literature into the wider world, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s secretary general calls for ‘solid channels of communication’ with the international industry and its cultures. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Pushing the Outreach of Arabic... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-03 05:44:28 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#key figure
#arabic literature
#wider world
#international industry
#porter anderson
#zayed book
The British Book Awards and The Bookseller’s working class survey have been shortlisted for prizes at this year’s Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Independent Publisher Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 16:52:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ppa awards
#independent publisher
#publishers association
#british book
#bookseller
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association honors 2019 award winners Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-02 01:12:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#jonathan lethem
#booksellers association
Anna Leader has been named the winner of the 2019 Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 20:06:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The longlist for the 2019 Portico Prize has been revealed, with six debuts and ten independent publishers making the cut. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 09:34:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Jacaranda publisher Magdalene Abraha will launch a groundbreaking non-fiction black history series next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-29 18:06:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The 2019 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature's 15-title longlist includes seven debut novelists and was chosed from 90 submissions this year. The post DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Releases Its Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-27 11:30:31 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#longlist appeared
#dsc prize
#debut novelists
#novelists
Every book lover knows that books borrowed often become books lost. Perhaps you loaned a book to an excitable guest, knowing full well that she will never again grace your doorstep? Have you, out of politeness, let a precious tome slip from your grasp? Or worse, done the same to others by... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-27 08:48:25 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book lover
Last year, we introduced a brand new honor at our Eddie & Ozzie Awards gala—Magazine of the Year. Despite many of the challenges print faces, magazines continue to evolve and change in tandem with the industry, and we felt it was important to recognize the very best in our community. And... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-09-26 15:22:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#user experience
#human spirit
#art director
#full list
#print media
The £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize will be run by the National Centre for Writing (NCW) in Norwich with a new programme of support for a second novel and a sustainable career in writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-26 14:23:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#writing ncw
#national centre
Today, Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell announced his next project: Utopia Avenue, which will be first full-length novel since 2014’s The Bone Clocks. (I suppose he has some time now that he’s done writing The Matrix 4.) Mitchell said in his announcement that the idea for the book came in part... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-26 12:40:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#david mitchell
#utopia avenue
#bone clocks
#first novel