NoViolet Bulawayo and Margo Jefferson join ‘exciting’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist

The newly formatted prize will, for the first time, name winners in fiction, nonfiction and poetry and the shortlist includes writers from across the worldThe shortlists for this year’s Rathbones Folio prize spans three continents and includes Booker prize-shortlisted Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo and Pulitzer prize-winning writer Margo Jefferson’s memoir Constructing a Nervous System.This is the first year in which the new format for the Rathbones Folio prize is running; a winner will be named in each of the three categories (fiction, nonfiction and poetry), with those winners then going on to compete for the overall prize. Category winners will receive £2,000 each, with the overall winner getting an additional £30,000. Since 2017 the prize has been open to nonfiction and poetry as well as fiction, but the introduction of category winners is new. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-31 19:45:49 UTC ]
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Annabel Pitcher's Ketchup Clouds is named winner of this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goblinproofing wins odd title prize

A publication named Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop is named as the winner of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pitcher wins Waterstones Children's Book Prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s Books Ireland Reveals 2013 Shortlist

The shortlist of ten children's book titles selected by Children's Books Ireland honors Irish authors and illustrators, and six final winners will be announced on May 8. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop wins Diagram Prize

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Marcus Rich joins line-up for PPA's Publishing+ conference

The Daily Mail's Marcus Rich is among the executives lined up for the Professional Publishers Association's annual conference, which will examine how to boost digital revenues and explore whether content is still king. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Malaysia’s Tan Twan Eng Takes $30,000 Man Asian Literary Prize

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Perfect 10 for Pearson/Penguin and Hachette on BIA shortlists

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Carnegie Award Shortlist Includes Booker, Costa Award Winners

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New book prize unveils sponsor

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Women's Fiction prize returns, announces longlist

Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly as the Orange Prize, which released its longlist today. Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Mantel, Kingsolver, Smith on Women's Prize longlist

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Doyle on Carnegie shortlist

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Small Publishers Rule Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award Shortlist

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Bloody Sunday books win Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize

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Oddest Book Title shortlist revealed

Six contenders including Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop and Was Hitler Ill? are in the running for the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year. Continue reading at BBC News

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