Orion wins 'frank' novel about motherhood at auction

A "frank, funny and excruciatingly relatable" novel about motherhood has been snapped up by Orion Fiction at auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Francis Collins, Physician-Geneticist, Wins 2020 Templeton Prize

Collins, who revolutionized medicine by discovering a number of genes associated with diseases and authored 2006’s ‘The Language of God,’ has been named this year’s recipient of the Templeton Prize, which recognizes achievements related to science and spirituality. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Virtual events should 'mirror the real world', says Orion's Wilding

Maura Wilding has urged publicists and marketing teams to think about "mirroring the real world" when organising online events. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 01:03:37 UTC ]
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Zepf and Crossan win at KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards

Máire Zepf and Sarah Crossan are among the winners at KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 00:57:46 UTC ]
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Adam wins Authors' Club Best First Novel Award

Claire Adam has scooped the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award for her “outstanding” novel Golden Child (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-17 13:26:01 UTC ]
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Dawson-edited anthology wins Visionary Honours Book of the Year

Author Juno Dawson has won the Visionary Honours Book of the Year for Proud, published by Little Tiger Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-07 10:59:40 UTC ]
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Crossway Wins Big at Christian Book Awards

The publisher took home three 2020 Christian Book Awards, which were announced Tuesday during a live webcast, including the top Book of the Year award with ‘Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament' by Mark Vroegop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Whitehead wins second Pulitzer with Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for the second time, with his novel The Nickel Boys (Fleet). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-05 11:43:37 UTC ]
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AP wins feature photography Pulitzer for Kashmir coverage

The Associated Press has won a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for images made during India’s clampdown on Kashmir Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2020-05-04 19:47:25 UTC ]
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Robinson wins £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize for A Portable Paradise

Poet Roger Robinson has won the £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize for his “profoundly moving” A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press), which includes a sequence of poems reflecting on the Grenfell Tower fire. The annual prize rewards the best work of fiction, non-fiction or work of poetry that best... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 17:47:00 UTC ]
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Moser, Whitehead, McDaniel, Grandin, Boyer, Brown Win 2020 Pulitzers

The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters were awarded in the book categories of fiction, history, biography, poetry, and general nonfiction, for books published in 2019, on May 4 via YouTube. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder wins record-breaking ex-Special Forces soldier's memoir

Hodder & Stoughton has won at auction the memoir of ex-Special Forces soldier and record-breaking mountaineer Nims Purja MBE. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 14:18:55 UTC ]
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Lenarduzzi wins 2020 Fitzcarraldo Editions, Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize

Thea Lenarduzzi has won this year's Fitzcarraldo Editions, Mahler and LeWitt Studios Essay Prize, for her "family memoir and social history" proposal Dandelions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 06:21:34 UTC ]
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IEEE Spectrum Wins Grand Neal at Virtual Neal Awards Ceremony

IEEE Spectrum took home the Grand Neal, top prize at the annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, which honored the best in business journalism in a video presentation uploaded Friday afternoon, pivoting to a virtual event for the first time in lieu of an originally scheduled luncheon on March 27. "This is... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-21 06:09:38 UTC ]
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How a rough Apartheid-era school spawned an award-winning YA novel

Malla Nunn's "When The Ground is Hard," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for young-adult literature, revisits South Africa's toughest years. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:25:14 UTC ]
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Orion makes child's play of next acquisition for parents home-schooling

Orion has acquired the first book from Early Years specialist and playHOORAY! founder Claire Russell, to publish in e-book next week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 07:21:34 UTC ]
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Algerian novel wins 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

The Spartan Court by Abdelouahab Aissaoui has won the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 03:34:02 UTC ]
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Abdelouahab Aissaoui Wins 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

From this year's shortlist–which included authors from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria–an Algerian work of historical fiction claims the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The post Abdelouahab Aissaoui Wins 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-14 12:33:18 UTC ]
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Santa Monica Librarian Patty Wong Wins 2021-2022 ALA Presidency

Wong's term as ALA president, like that of incoming president Julius C. Jefferson, will be one of the most consequential in years, shaped by a historic pandemic and a major organizational overhaul already underway at ALA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Carson's Fire Starters wins at The Kitschies

The Fire Starters by Jan Carson (Doubleday) won the £1,000 Red Tentacle (novel) category at The Kitschies, which rewards speculative fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-06 10:24:11 UTC ]
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Ant & Dec mark 30th anniversary with book for Sphere following 12-way auction

Ant & Dec, aka Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, are publishing a book with Sphere this September—Once Upon a Tyne: Celebrating 30 Years Together on Telly–following a 12-way auction in January. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 12:30:50 UTC ]
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