Professor Dai Smith on how the judges for the International Dylan Thomas Prize chose this year's shortlist. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Elizabeth Gilbert, author of bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, is one of six writers included on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How To Poo On A Date and The Origin of Faeces make the Diagram Prize shortlist for the oddest book title of the year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Michael Blakemore, Michael Simkins and Philip Zeigler are all contenders for the 2014... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has achieved three shortlistings for this year’s 10th Waterstones Children’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Iraqi novelists, two Moroccans, one Syrian author and one Egyptian author have been... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British novelist Jane Gardam and Irish writer Eimear McBride are on the shortlist for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for the second annual Cartoonist Studio Prize. The winner in each of our two categories will be announced March 7; each winner will receive $1,000 and, of course, eternal glory. The shortlists were... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Dan Smetanka moved to New York City from California’s Orange County in 1991 for a summer intern job at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, he was only vaguely aware of the significance of working with Jonathan Galassi and Roger Strauss. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers' Publicity Circle (PPC) has announced the shortlist for its annual awards,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year will be a tough one to top for Joshua Kendall, who was brought in to run Mulholland Books, the new Little, Brown imprint, in 2012. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The fact a delegation is visiting the UK over the hostile response to the Guardian's reporting of the Snowden leaks, as well as the royal charter, should sound alarm bellsThis week, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers has dispatched a delegation of editors and publishers from... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tasters of the reviews competing for the annual prize that recognises 'the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past 12 months'News: Hatchet Job of the Year award draws and quarters shortlistCraig Brown on Distant Intimacy: A Friendship in the Age of the Internet by Frederic... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The works of two British authors, Roger Knight and Richard Overy, have been recognised on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This reader loves the Guardian's women contributors and is convinced that Tim Dowling's column is written by her dadI'm 25 and from Northumberland, though I have lived in London for the past six years. I first moved to the city to study, and I now work at Slightly Foxed, an independent... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literature. Love. They get skewered — though generously — by Los Angeles author Mark Haskell Smith in his new novel, 'Raw: A Love Story.'It's impossible to count how many times literature has died. In the last century alone, it's been killed by radio, television, comic books, video games and,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeffrey Shotts, executive editor at Graywolf Press, appears to have a golden touch when it comes to identifying talent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Like some booksellers—and a few authors—Nicole Sullivan decided to mix booze and books. In her case it was in service of her Denver-based bookstore. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At PW, we’ve always served the library community, but you’ve probably noticed that in recent months we’ve ramped up our commitment to covering library news and issues, with a lineup of monthly columnists writing on a broad range of issues affecting libraries and publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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