Sally Huband’s ‘Sea Bean,’ set on the beaches of the Shetland Islands has won the Penguin Random House publication of her book. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘A Readiness To Be Honest’ s we continue to try to catch up with a rip tide of announcements from various prize and awards programs—a common problem at this time of year—we ... The post Scotland’s Highland Book Prize Names Sally Huband Its Winner appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Science is the reason you aren't reading this by firelight nestled cozily under a rock somewhere however, its practice significantly predates its formalization by Galileo in the 16th century. Among its earliest adherents — even before pioneering efforts of Aristotle — was Animaxander, the Greek... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-03-12 14:30:52 UTC ]
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American author Laurie Halse Anderson is the winner of the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebel Girls, the media company whose mission is to instill confidence in girls, raised $8 million in a new funding round, with Penguin Random House its lead investor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House interim CEO Nihar Malaviya says that international division chiefs will continue to report to him. The post Penguin Random House’s Nihar Malaviya Announces Reorganization appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-28 17:11:50 UTC ]
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The highlight of a new operating structure for Penguin Random House is the creation of separate Random House and Crown adult publishing groups. No replacement has been named for departing PRH US CEO Madeline McIntosh. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Months after a federal court ruling blocked the Penguin Random House deal, the publisher Simon & Schuster is once again up for sale. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-02-14 17:17:54 UTC ]
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Today, the Gotham Book Prize, an annual award that began during the first year of the pandemic to honor and support the best writing about New York City, announced its eleven 2023 finalists. “There’s no other city that has the diversity, vibrancy, and culture of New York, and the Gotham Book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-13 17:56:06 UTC ]
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The Women’s Prize Trust hopes to make the first award in 2024, after research showed female writers were far less likely than men to be reviewed or win prizes The Women’s prize is to launch a non-fiction award to sit alongside its long-running fiction prize, in response to research that found... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-08 08:00:10 UTC ]
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With its seven jurors named, the 2023 German Book Prize in fiction has opened its submission period to publishers, through March 22. The post German Book Prize Names Its Jury, Opens Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-07 13:44:53 UTC ]
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As many as 1,393 stands representing 470 exhibitors were at the 2023 Taipei International Book Exhibition, from 33 nations. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: Marketing in ‘Tandem’: Naomi Bacon and Taipei’s Publishers Interview: Taipei International Book Fair’s... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-06 16:42:45 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Audio has acquired Playaway Products, a producer of physical audio players and tablets preloaded with content. Launched in 2005 and based in Solon, Ohio, the company offers 36,000 titles and works with some 40,000 libraries and institutions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Three days of high-level issue-driven programming at London Book Fair is set for the Main Stage series in April. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Rapley: ‘Industry Big Hitters’ oday (February 1), organizers of London Book Fair (April 18 to 20) have announced details of an... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-01 18:05:55 UTC ]
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About three weeks after Gina Centrello retired as president and publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, McIntosh announced that she will step down as CEO of Penguin Random House in the very near future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding will name its winner in October. Publishers are submitting now. The post Charles Tripp Chairs the British Academy’s £25,000 Book Prize Jury appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-17 04:15:36 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize winner for 'Shuggie Bain,' Douglas Stuart, is on the new Highland Book Prize longlist of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The post Douglas Stuart’s ‘Young Mungo’ Is on Scotland’s Highland Book Prize Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-12-14 21:04:19 UTC ]
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A filmmaker has accused Canadian writer Leah McLaren of sexual assault, saying that Penguin Random House Canada knowingly published a memoir by McLaren that depicts the alleged incident as consensual. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2022-12-09 19:13:28 UTC ]
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The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, is stepping down Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2022-12-09 13:58:45 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle has relinquished his position at the head of the publisher, “at his own request and on the best of mutual terms,” just weeks after a federal judge blocked the publisher’s attempt to acquire rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster. PRH president and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Film-maker Zoe Greenberg says she raised concerns with Penguin Random House Canada over Leah McLaren’s bookA Canadian film-maker who was allegedly sexually assaulted as a teenager has accused the country’s largest book publisher of knowingly releasing a memoir by one of her alleged assailants... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-12-08 14:58:26 UTC ]
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At a UBS media conference earlier this week, Bob Bakish, CEO of Simon & Schuster parent company Paramount Global, said that with the sale to Penguin Random House now dead, the company still plans to divest the publisher, though he didn’t say how or when. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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