Contenders for this year’s Diagram prize also include An Ape’s View of Evolution and a must-have volume for ‘Australian coin error collectors’Nipples on My Knee by Graham and Debra Robertson, a memoir of “25 years in the sheep business”, is the fleecy frontrunner for the the 2017 Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. It leads a modest flock of five titles contending for the annual prize run by trade magazine the Bookseller. Without giving away the origins of the title, the Robertsons invite readers to “sit back in front of the fireplace on a cold, snowy evening, perhaps with a glass of sherry, while we relate to you our experiences”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cath Senker has won this year’s £2,000 Educational Writers’ Award for her book about refugees and mass migration. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has announced its 2019 shortlist for its annual awards, featuring nominations for novelists Guy Gunaratne, Nicola Mostyn and Mary Lynn Bracht. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tessa Jowell and Frances D’Souza have won Best Memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black has won this year’s £6,000 Saltire Book of the Year award for All That Remains: A Life in Death (Transworld), while Canongate picked up the prize for publisher of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women writers have excelled at the An Post Irish Book Awards, taking home the majority of awards for the first time, with authors such as Sally Rooney, Liz Nugent and Emilie Pine among the winning authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards will next year be sponsored by Simon & Schuster UK's women’s fiction community, Books and the City. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Igloo Books is again partnering with Aldi to publish books based on the supermarket’s new Kevin and Katie Christmas advert. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 69th National Book Awards took place in New York last night, emphasising the importance of translation and open borders. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winners of the 2018 National Book Awards were announced at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday night, with almost all of the prestigious literary prizes going to authors of color. Sigrid Nunez took home the fiction award for "The Friend," her novel about a woman who inherits a Great Dane... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Chilean-American Isabel Allende receives the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Awards. The post National Book Awards Honor Allende: ‘I’ve Found a Place’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author spoke out at the National Book Awards against the rise of "nationalism and racism" in politics. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the 69th National Book Awards, the political fervor underpinning the past few ceremonies remained, even as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek lightness rose to the fore. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books from writers including Man Booker-longlisted author Sally Rooney, former Sunday Times dating columnist Dolly Alderton and Penguin editor Henry Eliot have made the shortlist for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles about boxing, darts, football, golf, rugby, swimming and the Olympic Games are on the shortlist for this year’s £30,000 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trainspotting creator Irvine Welsh, Man-Booker shortlisted Robin Robertson and poet Jackie Kay feature alongside emerging talents Mick Kitson and Christina Neuwirth in the shortlists for the 2018 Saltire Literary awards (each worth £2,000). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zanib Mian, who won the Little Rebels Award in 2018 with her book The Muslims, has signed a three-book deal with Hachette Children’s Group (HCG). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With close to 30 speakers announced so far, the FutureBook Live conference in London on November 30 will have three strands again and will name award recipients in five categories. The post FutureBook Awards 2018 Shortlists Announced at Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's special interest at Frankfurt in the new category for translated literature, as the 2018 National Book Awards in America announce finalists. The post US National Book Awards Finalists: This Year Including Translations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A big gain in the number of self-published print ISBNs issued in 2017 offset a drop in the number of ISBNs issued for ebooks by self-published authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The five finalists in the five categories have been named. The winner in each category will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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