Rebanks and Sheldrake win Wainwright Prizes

James Rebanks and Merlin Sheldrake have won this year's Wainwright Prizes for nature and conservation writing. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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How do you win the Man Booker prize? Move to New York or London | Lucy Diver

The prize used to champion unknowns and outsiders. But a 2014 rule change has cemented the neo-colonial cultural dominance of the US and the UKThe upstairs room of an indie bookstore. A book launch for a local author. Crisps and wine are being handed out, a buzz is in the air, congratulations... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ishiguro wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels of "great emotional force". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kazuo Ishiguro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2017

In its citation, the Swedish Academy commended Ishiguro as an author "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erica Chung wins Harvill Secker Young Translator’s Prize

Harvill Secker has named Erica Chung the winner of its eighth £1,000 Annual Harvill Secker Young Translator’s Prize, recognising the achievements of translators aged 18-34 at the start of their careers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sanna wins Klaus Flugge Prize for illustration

Francesca Sanna has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting newcomer children’s picture book illustration for her tale of a family escaping conflict, inspired by an Italian refugee centre she visited. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mina's The Long Drop wins McIlvanney Prize

Denise Mina's The Long Drop (Harvill Secker) has been awarded the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penney wins £10k Wilbur Smith adventure writing prize

Under a Pole Star (Quercus) by Costa-winning author Stef Penney has been awarded the £10,000 2017 Wilbur and Niso Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France’s Emmanuel Carrère Wins Guadalajara Romance Languages Prize

French novelist, biographer, director, and screenwriter Emmanuel Carrère has won Guadalajara International Book Fair’s annual Romance Languages Award. The post France’s Emmanuel Carrère Wins Guadalajara Romance Languages Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McBride and Cumming win £10k James Tait Black prizes

Eimear McBride and Laura Cumming have won Britain’s oldest literary award, the James Tait Black prize, worth £10,000. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second Wainwright Prize gong for Lewis-Stempel

A story about the relationship between nature and the British soldiers of the Great War has won the £5,000 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 73

Sam Shepard, paragon playwright of the American West, was born to roam. With a father who was an Army officer and sometime farmer and a mother who was a teacher, Shepard — born in 1943, the oldest of three — spent his childhood bouncing around the heartland. This would later inform his writing,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liptrot's 'exhilarating' memoir wins PEN Ackerley Prize

English PEN has awarded Amy Liptrot the PEN Ackerley Prize 2017 for her "exhilarating and rigourously unsentimental" memoir The Outrun (Canongate). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Story exploring freedom wins Caine Prize for African Writing

Sudanese writer Bushra al-Fadil has won the £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing for a short story which explores freedom. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parmar wins £5k inaugural Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize

Sandeep Parmar's Eidolon (Shearsman) has won the inaugural £5000 Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize, the UK’s first prize dedicated to second poetry collections. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Persaud wins the Commonwealth Writers' Short Story Prize

Ingrid Persaud from Trinidad and Tobago has won 2017's Commonwealth Writers' Short Story Prize for "Sweet Sop". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Max Nelson wins £20k Notting Hill Essay Prize

The winning essayist of the third £20k Notting Hill Essay Prize is William Max Nelson for his essay "Five Ways of Being a Painting". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hahn donates award winnings to found a First Translation Prize

Writer, editor and translator Daniel Hahn is donating half his winnings from the International Dublin Literary Award to help establish a new prize for debut literary translation - the TA First Translation Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Golden Hill wins £10k Desmond Elliott Prize

Francis Spufford has been awarded the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize for his "miraculously constructed" debut Golden Hill (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel Shand wins 2017's Betty Trask Prize

Daniel Shand has been named the winner of this year's £10,000 Betty Trask Prize for his darkly comic novel Fallow (Sandstone Press) at the Society of Authors’ annual awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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