National Centre for Writing and British Council to award £50k for international projects

The National Centre for Writing (NCW) and British Council has announced they will award more than £50,000 to collaborative projects from UK and international literature organisations and practitioners.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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James Patterson calls Amazon's practices 'a national tragedy'

Patterson criticized Amazon's practices while accepting an award for being an Indie Champion at Book Expo America.  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Armenian Literature Reach an International Market?

Arevik Ashkharoyan, owner of the First Armenian Literary Agency, discusses trends in international literature and global interest in Armenian authors. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kirkus Reviews Offers Three New $50k Book Prizes

Book review magazine Kirkus Reviews has announced three $50,000 book prizes to be awarded for fiction, nonfiction and young adult literature. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Billy Crystal Takes Top Honors at 2014 Audie Awards

Crystal’s 'Still Foolin’ ‘Em' won the award for Audiobook of the Year and Pete Seeger’s 'Pete Seeger: The Storm King' took home the prize for Distinguished Achievement in Production. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast Drafts an Internal 'Magna Carta' for Native Advertising

Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue and The New Yorker, has asked its editors and publishers to review a roughly 4,000-word document that lays out how the company will handle native advertising online, according to several Conde Nast executives.The document's aim is to give publishers and editors who... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Binc Awards Nearly $200k in Scholarships

Two scholarships were granted at the $10,000 level, and 51 at the $3,500 level for current bookstore employees or owners and their dependents, or formers Borders Group employees and dependents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent's Jo Thomas wins Joan Hessayon Award

Jo Thomas has won The Romantic Novelists' Association’s (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Watson & Holmes' Wins Big at Glyph Awards

"Watson & Holmes" #6, by Brandon Easton and N. Steven Harris took top honors at the 2014 Glyph Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC to host digital festival for romance writing

HarperCollins is hosting a virtual romance festival, with contributions from fellow publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aragi Wins Maxwell Perkins Award

Literary agent Nicole Aragi has won the 2014 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International publishers warn of 'severe' risk on copyright

The International Publishers’ Association (IPA) and the Federation of European Publishers (... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell's and Little, Brown scoop top BIA Awards

Blackwell’s has been crowned Book Retailer of the Year while Little, Brown scooped the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 Writing Tips: Max Brooks

The author of "World War Z" and "The Harlem Hellfighters" says it's okay to have over 200 drafts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LearningMate’s Analytics Project For Arizona: Digital Solutions in India 2014

With more than 600 education technologists and software architects on staff, LearningMate has been making fast inroads into big data for education. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Across Segments and Domains: Projects Showcase: Digital Solutions in India 2014

Sketchy project briefing, messy files, ultra-short turnaround or multiple e-deliverables are all in a day’s work for India-based vendors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gillian Cross wins Little Rebels award

Author Gillian Cross is the winner of this year’s Little Rebels Children’s Book Award... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blumenthal, Kennedy Among 2014 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award-Winners

The James Beard Foundation announced the 2014 winners of its Book, Broadcast, and Journalism awards at a dinner on Friday that saw British chef/restaurateur Heston Blumenthal win Cookbook of the Year for 'Historic Heston' and Mexican cooking authority Diana Kennedy inducted into the Cookbook... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Constance Briscoe writing prison memoir

Author and part-time judge Constance Briscoe, who earlier today (2nd May) was jailed for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 68th Annual Edgar Awards

The Mystery Writers of America’s big night was entertainingly-emceed by incoming President Brad Meltzer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan Goldberg Becomes First Female Editor-in-Chief of National Geographic

The National Geographic Society announced a large structural reorganization of the nonprofit’s media operations April 30 that broadened roles for three veteran executives and newcomer Susan Goldberg who has been promoted as the first female editor-in-chief of National Geographic Magazine. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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