Picador wins Dear Mrs Bird in seven-way auction

Picador has won a debut novel by A J Pearce, Dear Mrs Bird, after a "passionately-fought" seven-publisher auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second Wodehouse win for Jacobson

Howard Jacobson has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for the second time with his novel... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baha Mousa book wins George Orwell Prize 

 The Orwell Book Prize has been awarded to A Very British Killing: The  Death  of Baha Mousa by A... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hensher wins Ondaatje Prize

Philip Hensher's Scenes from an Early Life (Fourth Estate) has won the £10,000 2013... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Krasznahorkai and Stanescu Win the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards

A pair of Eastern European authors — Laszlo Krasznahorki and Nichita Stanescu — take home the 2013 Best Translated Book Awards. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S wins Vinnie story

Simon & Schuster has bought UK and Commonwealth rights in the autobiography of actor and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beckett's Dark Eden wins Arthur C Clarke Award

Author Chris Beckett has won the 2013 Arthur C Clarke award with Dark Eden (Corvus). Beckett... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Szirtes wins poetry award

Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes’ In the Land of Giants, illustrated by Helen Szirtes and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Somerset wins Elizabeth Longford Prize

Anne Somerset’s biography Queen Anne has won the 2013 Elizabeth Longford Prize for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saud Alsanousi wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction

A "daring" novel which explores the plight of foreign workers in Gulf countries has won... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Argosy's Richmond wins bookselling award

Argosy sales manager Ronan Richmond has been awarded The Elements trophy for the Bookseller of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Optimism and auctions at London Book Fair

This week's London Book Fair saw a return to the hectic fair auctions of  pre-recession years... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First US printed book up for auction

The first book printed in America is expected to fetch up to $30m (£20m) when it goes under the hammer in New York later this year. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld wins Red Notice

Transworld has won the UK auction for Red Notice, a memoir by American businessman-turned-human-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North Korea book wins Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction has been won by author Adam Johnson for his novel based in North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate wins 'heartbreaking' Matthew Thomas

Début novel We Are Not Ourselves by US author Matthew Thomas has been sold to Fourth... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unpublished writer wins Historical Novel Society award, heads to LBF

A previously unpublished writer has won the inaugural Historical Novel Society International... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Savage Continent wins English PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize

Penguin Viking title Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plutocrats wins Lionel Gieber Prize

Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats has won the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize. The $15,000 (£9,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Isol wins top book prize

Argentinean illustrator Isol has won the world's largest prize for children's literature, the 5m Swedish kroner (£500,000) Astrid Lindgren memorial award. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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